Melissa is on track to rapidly strenghten and could become a major Category 5 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center Saturday, Oct. 25.

Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean are staring down what could become a catastrophic, days-long assault of extreme rainfall and damaging winds with a strengthening Tropical Storm Melissa expected to become a major hurricane over some of the hottest ocean water on the planet.

Melissa strengthens into a hurricane as it nears Jamaica, threatening catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean.

Tropical Storm Melissa, responsible for multiple fatalities in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, is nearing hurricane strength, sparking concerns over severe flooding, powerful storm surges, and extensive wind damage in Jamaica and surrounding regions.

Jamaica's central location in the Caribbean, the island has never recorded a direct landfall from a Category 4 or 5 hurricane, according to records from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) dating back to 1850.

Melissa is projected to approach Jamaica this weekend, make landfall by early next week, and be near or over eastern Cuba by the middle of next week.

Jamaica's $150 million IBRD CAR Jamaica 2024 parametric World Bank catastrophe bond has been marked down on secondary pricing sheets and this morning the

The National Hurricane Center announced Saturday that Tropical Storm Melissa was nearing hurricane strength and predicted “life-threatening and catastrophic flash flooding” in parts of Jamaica this weekend. A Hurricane Warning has been issued for all ...