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Melissa strengthens into Category 3 hurricane

Melissa intensifies into major hurricane heading Caribbean islands

Hurricane Melissa became a major hurricane late Saturday with catastrophic flash flooding and landslides in Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica.

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Melissa strengthens to Category 3 hurricane, threatens catastrophic flooding in Caribbean

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Hurricane Melissa hits Category 3, likely to cause ‘catastrophic’ situation in Caribbean

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Jamaica under hurricane warning as Melissa grows into major storm

Hurricane Melissa has likely begun rapid intensification in the Caribbean and is now forecast to be a Category 5 storm on Monday.

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Storm Melissa Reaches Hurricane Strength, Threatens Catastrophic Flooding In Northern Caribbean

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Bryan Norcross: Extreme hurricane impacts begin tonight in Jamaica

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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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Hurricane Melissa Tracker

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Dire warnings as Jamaica braces for impact of Hurricane Melissa

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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.

Category 3 Hurricane Melissa: Sunday, Oct. 26 update from the NHC on latest developments

According to the National Hurricane Center's 4 a.m. Sunday advisory, Category 3 Hurricane Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 125 miles south-southeast of Kingston Jamaica and 280 miles west-southwest of Port Au Prince Haiti. The hurricane is moving to the west at 3 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph.

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.

At least 3 dead in Haiti as Tropical Storm Melissa brings heavy rain, devastating flooding

The National Hurricane Center in Miami warned of "life-threatening and catastrophic flash flooding and landslides" throughout Hispaniola.