Hurricane Melissa to Batter Jamaica
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Article last updated: Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 1 p.m. ET
The National Hurricane Center is keeping a close eye on Tropical Storm Melissa, which is expected to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane.
Hurricane Melissa has strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane after strengthening from a tropical storm to a major hurricane in the span of about nine hours, the National Hurricane Center says.
Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to strengthen into a hurricane and is forecast to become a major hurricane by early next week.
According to the National Hurricane Center's 2 p.m. Saturday advisory, Tropical Storm Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 160 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica and 235 miles southwest of Port Au Prince Haiti. The system is moving to the west-northwest at 1 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.