Tropical Storm Melissa, Haiti and Jamaica
Digest more
WESH 2's award-winning First Warning Weather team is monitoring Tropical Storm Melissa, which is nearly stationary over the Caribbean Sea on Saturday, according to the National Hurricane Center.The NHC says Melissa is getting stronger with maximum sustained winds now at 70 mph and a minimum central pressure of 982 mb.
Tropical Storm Melissa is lumbering through the Caribbean Sea and bringing a risk of dangerous landslides and life-threatening flooding to Jamaica and southern Hispaniola.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami warned of "life-threatening and catastrophic flash flooding and landslides" throughout Hispaniola.