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Melissa expected to rapidly intensify into major hurricane in the Caribbean

Hurricane Melissa is expected to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane on Sunday.

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Hurricane Melissa strengthens into a Category 1 storm in the Caribbean. Maps show its forecast path.

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Hurricane Melissa intensifies heading toward Caribbean islands

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Tropical Storm Melissa: Follow the storm, possible impacts in Brevard

Forecasters are monitoring Tropical Storm Melissa, which is expected to become a “major” hurricane by the end of the weekend.

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

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How strong will Tropical Storm Melissa get and where will it go? See the timeline

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Hurricane Melissa forms, could reach Category 5, heads toward Jamaica. Florida update

Catastrophic flash flooding and landslides are expected for Jamaica and Haiti, and possible for the Dominican Republic.

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Tropical Storm Melissa: Follow the storm, possible impacts in Sarasota

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Tropical Storm Melissa Stationary in the Caribbean as 4 Deaths Reported and Huge Rains Expected

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Hurricane Melissa forecast to strengthen into Category 5 storm. See path.

The storm hit 75 mph winds to attain hurricane status on Saturday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center said. A tropical storm becomes a hurricane when its winds reach 74 mph. Melissa is set to become a major hurricane before the end of the weekend.

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Storm Melissa reaches hurricane strength, threatening catastrophic flooding in northern Caribbean

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — U.S. forecasters issued a hurricane warning for Jamaica Saturday as Storm Melissa reached hurricane strength, threatening catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean. A hurricane warning means winds of at least 74 mph (119 kph) are expected in the area within 36 hours.

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Hurricane Melissa forms, could soon explode into monstrous major hurricane

Melissa is the fifth hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, joining Erin, Gabrielle, Humberto and Imelda.

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Hurricane Melissa forms, likely to cause ‘catastrophic’ situation in Caribbean

Melissa is forecast to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane and bring life-threatening rainfall, landslides and storm surge to Jamaica, Haiti and elsewhere.

Jamaica under hurricane warning as Melissa barely moves. Haiti could see ‘extensive’ damage

Haiti is expected to see catastrophic flash floods and landslides early next week causing “extensive infrastructural damage and potentially prolonged isolation of communities.” The southwestern peninsula of Haiti, from the border of the Dominican Republic to Port-au-Prince, was placed under a hurricane watch and a tropical-storm warning.