US EditionTropical Storm Melissa Trudges Through Caribbean as Forecasters Warn It Will Quickly Intensify
Tropical Storm Melissa caused at least one death and multiple injuries while prompting emergency shelter openings and school closures amid slow movement and strong winds, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, Tropical Storm Melissa lumbered through the Central Caribbean Sea, downing a tree that killed an elderly man in Marigot, southern Haiti, and injuring five in Artibonite.
- Meteorologists warned that the storm's 50 mph winds and 5 mph motion slow its progress, while the system's erratic crawl raises concerns about prolonged impacts.
- Crews in Kingston placed 1,000 sandbags and officials said 881 shelters would be available, while dozens of water systems went offline on Wednesday affecting more than 500,000 customers.
- Forecasters said Melissa could strengthen significantly by late Friday and become a major hurricane by this weekend, with up to 12 inches of rain for Jamaica's eastern region and southern Haiti and the southern Dominican Republic through Sunday.
- Melissa's arrival comes as the season's 13th named storm; OCHA allocated $4m to aid more than 10,000 vulnerable people in Haiti amid 139 suspected cholera cases and five deaths earlier this month.
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New Hampshire Union Leader
union-bulletin.comTropical Storm Melissa parks in the Caribbean, dumping deadly rain on islands
Tropical Storm Melissa is effectively parked in the central Caribbean, dumping devastating amounts of rain on Haiti and Jamaica that has already claimed at least three lives and destroyed one
Tropical Storm Melissa leaves four dead as it moves through the Caribbean - teleSUR English
Tropical Storm Melissa continues to move slowly through the Caribbean and keeps several countries in the region on alert. The most recent bulletin from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) warns that the system will bring heavy rain, damaging winds and storm surge in the coming hours and days. RELATED: Cuba Issues Early Warning as Tropical Storm Melissa Poses Growing Threat to the Caribbean Authorities warn that torrential rains are expected in s…
Sun-Sentinel
Orlando SentinelMap: Will Hurricane Melissa hit Florida? Here are the latest tracking models
Tropical Storm Melissa is forecast to strengthen into a major hurricane — possible as high as Category 5 — in the next several days as it meanders around the Caribbean, bringing catastrophic rains to several islands including Haiti and Jamaica. The forecast is unusually complicated and the future track of Melissa remains uncertain. But forecasters said southern parts of Florida could face the threat of a hurricane. The current cone of uncertaint…
Associated Press News
Tropical Storm Melissa stationary in the Caribbean as forecasters warn it will quickly intensify
Tropical Storm Melissa is nearly stationary in the central Caribbean, with forecasters warning it could soon strengthen and brush past Jamaica as a powerful hurricane.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) predicts Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea area for several days reaching hurricane status between the end of this week or the beginning of the other week.
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