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.

High winds blowing through South Florida all weekend are expected to diminish starting Sunday night, with hotter weather returning early Monday, National Weather Service forecasters say.

Melissa is expected to bring "life-threatening and catastrophic flash flooding and landslides" to Hispaniola and Jamaica through the weekend.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a tornado warning for Central Brevard County in east central Florida until 10:30 p.m. A Flash Flood Warning has been issued for central and northern Brevard County until 11:45 PM.

ORLANDO, Fla. – More than a foot of rain has fallen across portions of Central Florida Sunday. A rare flash flood emergency remains in effect for Lake county until at least 1: 45 a.m. Monday morning.

Tropical Storm Melissa has become a hurricane and is expected to strengthen into at least Category 4 intensity, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Saturday. The rapidly intensifying storm is expected to wreak havoc across the Caribbean with catastrophic floods,

The storm is expected to hit Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, as well as Cuba, the Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos.