Tropical Storm Melissa crawls through the Caribbean. Where it’s expected to head next

Tropical Storm Melissa crawls through the Caribbean. Where it’s expected to head next

As of the 11 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center, the center of Melissa was located about 300 miles southwest of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.

Tropical Storm Melissa forms in the Caribbean; it won't impact Florida

FPREN | By Irene Sans The National Hurricane Center officially named Melissa on Tuesday at 11 a.m. The tropical storm will come to a crawl after racing over the Atlantic. The system is currently moving west at 14 mph, but it will slow down and likely stay over the same general area between Wednesday and at least Saturday, between Jamaica and Haiti. This is an extremely worrisome forecast, as the system parks over the same areas for several days.…

Fishers Advised to Head for Land

Fishers and other marine interests are being advised to evacuate the waters and head for mainland now, before the passage of Tropical Storm Melissa. Speaking with JIS News, Chief Executive […]

Melissa’s slow path in the Caribbean likely to cause the most impactful storm of the 2025 season

In brief: Tropical Storm Melissa is unfortunately looking to be one of the most impactful storms of the Atlantic hurricane season, with several days of high-end impacts possible for places like Jamaica and Haiti. Risks of a high-end major hurricane, along with catastrophic rainfall exist in these areas through the weekend and into early next week. Melissa is not a threat to the U.S. at this time, though it may graze the Bahamas or Turks and Caic…