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Melissa, Tropical Storm and Florida

Will Hurricane Melissa impact South Florida? See its projected path.

With the 11 p.m. Thursday advisory, Melissa was about 150 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica and 270 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, creeping north at only 3 mph and packing maximum sustained winds near 45 mph. Tropical-storm-force winds extended outward up to 140 miles from the center, underscoring the storm's broad reach.

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See Hurricane Melissa path, spaghetti models. Florida impacts?

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See spaghetti models, possible path for Tropical Storm Melissa. What can Florida expect?

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Tropical Storm Melissa stationary in the Caribbean as 4 deaths reported and huge rains expected

Tropical Storm Melissa was nearly stationary in the central Caribbean on Friday as forecasters warned it could strengthen and swipe Jamaica as a powerful hurricane and dump a staggering amount of rai...

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Tropical Storm Melissa stationary in the Caribbean as forecasters warn it will quickly intensify

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Tropical Storm Melissa is trudging through Caribbean but expected to intensify

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Interactive maps show timeline, predicted strength of Tropical Storm Melissa over next 5 days

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Tampa Bay community watching closely as Tropical Storm Melissa gains strength

Melissa, Florida and Jamaica

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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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Hurricane forecast: Melissa a Cat. 5 monster in the making with Florida dodging the bullet

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Melissa Strengthens Into a Category 3 Hurricane, Threating Catastrophic Flooding in Jamaica, Haiti

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What Happens When a Hurricane Like Melissa Doesn’t Move

Melissa is moving at a sluggish pace and could dump a lot of rain in one place.

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Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 3, menacing Jamaica and Haiti with catastrophic flooding

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Landslide Kills 3 in Haiti, and More Rain From Melissa Is on the Way

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Tropical Storm Melissa: Will it become a Category 4 hurricane? Latest update

Jamaica could be the epicenter for the worst of Melissa, causing extremely heavy rainfall, flooding, and storm surge.

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Jamaica could face days of hurricane conditions as Melissa rapidly intensifies in the Caribbean

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Hurricane Melissa Tracker

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Strong onshore winds bringing rainy Saturday to South Florida as Hurricane Melissa strengthens in Caribbean

Melissa intensified Saturday afternoon into a Category 1 hurricane. It will continue to strengthen before making landfall as a Major Category 4 hurricane in Jamaica on Tuesday. The storm will drop two to three feet of rain on the island, creating catastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding and landslides.

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Florida braces as Tropical Storm Melissa kills 4 and experts issue chilling disaster warning

Tropical Storm Melissa could reach Category 5 as it rapidly intensifies, with forecasters warning of a potential 'humanitarian disaster' while impacts will be felt as far as Florida next week

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Tropical Storm Melissa forces Florida travelers to change plans

Some travel plans in Central Florida are being altered due to Tropical Storm Melissa, which is expected to intensify into a hurricane.

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