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Melissa, National Hurricane Center and Jamaica

Melissa set to make Jamaica landfall in days as major hurricane

Melissa is projected to approach Jamaica this weekend, make landfall by early next week, and be near or over eastern Cuba by the middle of next week.

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Jamaica braces as rapidly intensifying Hurricane Melissa creeps toward island

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Melissa strengthens into Category 3 hurricane as Caribbean islands brace for impacts

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Why Tropical Storm Melissa’s slow crawl across the Caribbean is dangerous

Melissa is expected to rapidly intensify in the Caribbean this weekend.

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Tropical Storm Melissa Lumbers Through the Caribbean, Killing an Elderly Man in Haiti

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Tropical Storm Melissa now a hurricane, NHC says

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Hurricane Melissa forms, could reach Category 5, heads toward Jamaica. Florida update

Catastrophic flash flooding and landslides are expected for Jamaica and Haiti, and possible for the Dominican Republic.

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Tropical Storm Melissa Stationary in the Caribbean as 4 Deaths Reported and Huge Rains Expected

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Storm Melissa Reaches Hurricane Strength, Threatens Catastrophic Flooding In Northern Caribbean

Hurricane Melissa Forecast To Rapidly Intensify To Category 5; Catastrophic Threat To Jamaica, Haiti

Melissa could be one of the most intense, devastating hurricanes on record in Jamaica, with widespread flooding, landslides and destructive winds. Flooding rain is also a grave concern in Hispaniola.

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Melissa grows into a Category 3 hurricane while unleashing torrential rain in the north Caribbean

U.S. forecasters issued a hurricane warning for Jamaica Saturday as Storm Melissa reached hurricane strength, threatening catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean.

Friday, Oct. 24 update: Latest on Tropical Storm Melissa from the National Hurricane Center

The National Hurricane Center's 2 p.m. Friday update reported that Tropical Storm Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 230 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica and 250 miles southwest of Port Au Prince Haiti. Packing maximum sustained winds of 60 mph, it is tracking east-southeast at 2 mph.

Tropical Storm Melissa strengthens into hurricane near Jamaica and Hispaniola

Tropical Storm Melissa strengthened into a hurricane on Saturday, October 25, with the National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecasting “rapid intensification.” The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) released this imagery on X with a caption reading: “Melissa has strengthened into a hurricane just south of Jamaica and Hispaniola.

See latest spaghetti models, projected path for Tropical Storm Melissa. Florida forecast

Spaghetti models for Tropical Storm Melissa. See expected path. Special note about spaghetti models: Spaghetti model illustrations include an array of forecast tools and models, a