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Tropical Storm Melissa nearly stationary

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Tropical Storm Melissa forecast to become major hurricane as Jamaica under threat

Topical Storm Melissa has been called a ‘slow-moving disaster’ amid warnings of catastrophic flash flooding in Haiti

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Jamaica could face days of hurricane conditions as Melissa set to rapidly intensify in the Caribbean

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Tropical Storm Melissa could become a major hurricane. See path.

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Tropical Storm Melissa Lumbers Through the Caribbean, Killing an Elderly Man in Haiti

Tropical Storm Melissa lumbered through the Caribbean Sea on Thursday, bringing a risk of dangerous landslides and life-threatening flooding to Jamaica and southern Hispaniola.

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Tropical Storm Melissa Tracker

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Tropical Storm Melissa sits in Caribbean as forecasters warn it will get worse

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Tropical Storm Melissa expected to strengthen into Category 4 hurricane. What to know in Florida

"The tropical cyclone is expected to grow in size, and likely be a large and dangerous hurricane towards the end of the forecast period," the National Hurricane Center said.

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

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National Hurricane Center tracking Tropical Storm Melissa, 2 tropical waves. Florida impacts?

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Melissa to be major hurricane, set to skirt Jamaica heading west

Melissa is expected to significantly strengthen by late Friday and over the weekend, when the storm could become a hurricane as early as Saturday.

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Hurricane forecasts say Melissa could be a 'slow-motion disaster'

Heavy rain is expected across Jamaica, where "precipitation totals from multiple models suggest that storm totals exceeding 24 inches and localized amounts above 30 inches are quite possible," noted meteorologists Bob Henson and Jeff Masters in their blog Eye on the Storm.

Friday, Oct. 24 update: Latest on Tropical Storm Melissa from the National Hurricane Center

The National Hurricane Center's 2 p.m. Friday update reported that Tropical Storm Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 230 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica and 250 miles southwest of Port Au Prince Haiti. Packing maximum sustained winds of 60 mph, it is tracking east-southeast at 2 mph.

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Melissa to strengthen and drift near or south of Jamaica as a major hurricane by Sunday

Tropical Storm Melissa grounded to a halt over the central Caribbean about 150 miles south of Jamaica and Haiti early Friday.

Tropical Storm Melissa forecast to bring days of rain to Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica. Maps show its path.

Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to bring days of heavy rain to the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica and may trigger life-threatening flash flooding, the National Hurricane Center says.