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Jamaica, Melissa and Caribbean

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

Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean are staring down what could become a catastrophic, days-long assault of extreme rainfall and damaging winds with a strengthening Tropical Storm Melissa expected to become a major hurricane over some of the hottest ocean water on the planet.

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Tropical Storm Melissa, soon a hurricane, brings death, floods to Caribbean

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

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Melissa A Catastrophic Flood Danger To Haiti; Landfall Over Jamaica, Cuba Possible Next Week

Tropical Storm Melissa could rapidly intensify into a major hurricane.

KRIV · 16h

Melissa forecast to blast Jamaica for days as a major hurricane

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Melissa Turns Deadly As It Crawls Through The Caribbean

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Tropical Storm Melissa expected to begin intensifying as it takes aim at Jamaica

"This could be a major hurricane as it moves over Jamaica," Weber said.

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

ABC 17 News · 8h

Melissa to bring catastrophic flooding to Caribbean this weekend

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

The NHC said in an 8 p.m. ET advisory on Friday, Oct. 24, that Melissa was located about 225 miles southwest of Port-Au-Prince and 190 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph with higher gusts.

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Tropical Storm Melissa poised to become a hurricane and drop torrential rain on Caribbean

Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to strengthen into a hurricane, threatening the northern Caribbean with massive rainfall and life-threatening flooding

Tropical Storm Melissa projected path looks ominous for Jamaica

As of 7 a.m. CDT Friday, the center of Tropical Storm Melissa was located about 185 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, and was crawling to the east-southeast at 1 mph. Melissa had winds of 45 mph, making it a minimal tropical storm.

WPLG Local 10

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.

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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 rain — up to 35 inches (89 centimeters) — on southwest Haiti,

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

The National Hurricane Center's 11 p.m. Friday update reported that Tropical Storm Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 180 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica and 245 miles southwest of Port Au Prince Haiti. Packing maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, it is tracking northwest at 3 mph.

WPLG Local 10

Jamaica braces as Tropical Storm Melissa nears, expected to become major hurricane

Residents and visitors across Jamaica are bracing for Tropical Storm Melissa, which is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane, bringing heavy rain, strong winds, and the threat of flooding and landslides.