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Melissa, Florida and Tropical Storm

Will Tropical Storm Melissa impact South Florida? See its projected path.

With the 11 p.m. Thursday advisory, Melissa was about 150 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica and 270 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, creeping north at only 3 mph and packing maximum sustained winds near 45 mph. Tropical-storm-force winds extended outward up to 140 miles from the center, underscoring the storm's broad reach.

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Tropical Storm Melissa expected to strengthen into Category 4 hurricane. What to know in Florida

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Melissa is forecast to reach Category 4 hurricane strength or higher; Florida told to stay alert

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Tropical Storm Melissa Lumbers Through the Caribbean, Killing an Elderly Man in Haiti

Tropical Storm Melissa lumbered through the Caribbean Sea on Thursday, bringing a risk of dangerous landslides and life-threatening flooding to Jamaica and southern Hispaniola.

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Tropical Storm Melissa forms in Caribbean, expected to strengthen into hurricane. Florida impacts?

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Tropical Storm Melissa trudges through Caribbean as forecasters warn it will quickly intensify

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Tropical Storm Melissa Dumps Heavy Rain on Haiti and the Dominican Republic

More heavy rain was possible past Friday, and there was a significant risk of flash flooding and landslides for the affected areas.

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Tropical Storm Melissa Is Forecast to Become a Major Hurricane

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Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to strengthen into a hurricane

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Hurricane forecast: Melissa a monster in the making with Florida dodging the bullet

We will be very fortunate if Melissa does not cause a humanitarian disaster, even as Florida is again in the clear of a strange 2025 hurricane season.

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Criminal charges dropped against Florida man who abandoned dog before Hurricane Milton’s landfall

Prosecutors have dropped charges against a Florida man accused of abandoning his dog during Hurricane Milton. The case led to new legislation signed by Florida Gov.

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When is Florida's typical last tropical threat?

Hurricane Kate, which struck the Florida Panhandle on November 21, 1985, remains the latest hurricane on record to make landfall in the continental United States.