The NHC said in its advisory on the storm: "A Hurricane Watch has been issued for the southern peninsula of Haiti from the border with the Dominican Republic to Port-au-Prince. The government of Jamaica has issued a Tropical Storm Watch for the island."

A man was struck and killed by a tree branch in a city park Tuesday as stormy weather buffeted New Zealand's capital.The dangerous winds and heavy rain disrupted travel, closed schools and cut electricity in parts of the country.

Met Office yellow weather warnings have been issued for wind and rain impacts on Thursday in the United Kingdom. This severe weather come as a deepening area of low pressure heads across southern England that has the potential to be a named storm. Impacts for the UK do not look severe enough for the Met Office to name this weather system.

National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists issued an urgent storm warning as well as other severe weather alerts for thousands of Alaskans on Tuesday as a storm rolled into the panhandle. The strong winds are expected to cause numerous power outages.