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Jamaica Braces for Melissa Landfall As Storm Winds Reach 160 Miles Per Hour 

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The slow-moving but increasingly powerful Hurricane Melissa continued to churn toward Jamaica on Sunday, its maximum sustained winds reaching 160 miles per hour — with even higher gusts recorded by NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters. That makes it a Category 5 hurricane. By Monday morning, the storm’s eye was located about 135 miles southwest of Kingston and […]

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Barbados Tourism Is Surging

Barbados posted very strong tourism growth in 2016, according to the latest numbers from Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. The island reported 631,513 stayover visitors in 2016, a 6.7 percent increase compared to 2015 and a new record for air arrivals in a single year. That was one of the highest tourism growth rates of any […]