Jamaica, Melissa and Hurricane Warning
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Melissa has already turned deadly across Haiti and the Dominican Republic, but AccuWeather meteorologists warn that the worst may be yet to come with the storm on track to intensify.
U.S. forecasters issued a hurricane warning for Jamaica on Saturday as Tropical Storm Melissa reached hurricane strength, threatening catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean.
A weather disaster could unfold across Jamaica, southern Haiti and Cuba from the weekend into next week, as slow-moving Hurricane Melissa is forecast to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane by the end of the weekend.