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Satellite imagery of Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm recorded this year, shows how the category 5 storm gained momentum over the course of several days.

The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) released images on Wednesday (November 5) showing the storm gaining power as it hurtled across the Caribbean.

Melissa made landfall in southwestern Jamaica last Tuesday as a powerful category 5 hurricane, the Caribbean nation’s strongest-ever storm to directly hit its shores, and the first major hurricane to do so since 1988.

With wind speeds of up to 185mph it went on to tear a path through Cuba, the Bahamas and Bermuda before moving off to the north on Friday.

As of Wednesday, the death toll stands at 67.

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