Tropical Storm Melissa impacting Caribbean
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Tropical Storm Melissa stationary in the Caribbean as 4 deaths reported and huge rains expected
Tropical Storm Melissa is nearly stationary in the central Caribbean, with forecasters warning it could soon strengthen and brush past Jamaica as a powerful hurricane.
Tropical Storm Melissa is set to intensify this weekend, and Jamaica and other Caribbean islands are bracing for harsh weather, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Thursday morning.
The National Hurricane Center on Saturday tracked a Caribbean-bound system with a medium chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.
All eyes will be on the Caribbean Sea for possible tropical development next week. The area currently has a 60% chance of development 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.