Tropical Storm Melissa, National Hurricane Center
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Melissa is slowly drifting in the Caribbean, and is expected to become a Cat. 4 hurricane. HOUSTON — U.S. forecasters issued a hurricane warning for Jamaica Saturday as Storm Melissa reached hurricane strength, threatening catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean.
Melissa could become a Category 5 hurricane. If that wasn't enough, flooding and landslides could be widespread from Hispaniola to Jamaica and Cuba. Here's the very latest forecast.
At 2 a.m. Saturday, the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory stating that Tropical Storm Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 190 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica and 225 miles southwest of Port Au Prince Haiti. The system is moving north at 2 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph.
Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to undergo rapid intensification and grow into a powerful Category 4 hurricane by early next week.
An intensifying Melissa is expected to bring destructive flooding to Jamaica, southern Haiti and the Dominican Republic before tracking toward Cuba next week.