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Jamaica, Melissa and Haiti

Hurricane Melissa, now Category 3, threatens heavy floods in Jamaica, Haiti

Hurricane Melissa has rapidly strengthened into a major Category 3 with potentially catastrophic consequences, as it dropped torrential rain in the northern Caribbean and threatened disastrous floodin...

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Melissa strengthens into a Category 3 hurricane, threating catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti

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Slow-moving Tropical Storm Melissa to flood Hispaniola, Jamaica

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Melissa continues slow crawl across central Caribbean, expected to become major hurricane

Tropical Storm Melissa is forecast to strengthen into a major hurricane by late this weekend or early next week, leaving Jamaica and Cuba on alert.

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Tropical Storm Melissa stationary in the Caribbean as forecasters warn it will quickly intensify

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Tropical Storm Melissa is trudging through Caribbean but expected to intensify

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Interactive maps show timeline, predicted strength of Tropical Storm Melissa over next 5 days

While Melissa may be a monster in the making, it poses " little to no risk to Florida or the continental U.S.," Truchelut said.

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Tampa Bay community watching closely as Tropical Storm Melissa gains strength

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Tropical Storm Melissa: Follow the storm, possible impacts in Port St. Lucie, Stuart, Vero

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Tropical Storm Melissa near hurricane strength, could become Cat 5 storm. Florida forecast

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

Rapid intensification appears ‘likely’ as tropical storm threatens Haiti, Jamaica

The southern peninsula of Haiti and all of Jamaica remain under a hurricane watch and a tropical storm warning. Both countries are forecast to see a tremendous amount of rain, enough to potentially spawn life-threatening mudslides and flash flooding in Haiti and the island of Hispaniola.