Haiti, Jamaica and Melissa
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Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 3, menacing Jamaica and Haiti with catastrophic flooding
Hurricane Melissa rapidly intensified into a major Category 3 storm late Saturday, bringing torrential rain and life-threatening flooding to Jamaica, Haiti and parts of the northern Caribbean
Though the full effects of Tropical Storm Melissa have yet to be felt in the Caribbean, Haiti’s disaster office said Friday three people have already died and another was injured in a landslide attributed to the storm’s heavy rains.
An intensifying Melissa is expected to bring destructive flooding to Jamaica, southern Haiti and the Dominican Republic before tracking toward Cuba next week.