US EditionTropical Storm Melissa Forms in the Caribbean on Path Toward Haiti
Tropical Storm Melissa, the 13th named storm of 2025, could become a hurricane by Friday bringing 5 to 10 inches of rain and flash flooding risk to Haiti and nearby islands.
- Tropical Storm Melissa has formed and is expected to strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane as it approaches Haiti and Jamaica this weekend, according to the National Hurricane Center.
- Haiti is under a hurricane watch, while Jamaica is under a tropical storm watch, with potentially dangerous rain levels expected.
- Haiti and the Dominican Republic could see 5 to 10 inches of rain, which may cause dangerous mudslides and flooding.
- There is significant uncertainty about Melissa's future path and intensity based on current meteorological conditions, as noted by the National Hurricane Center.
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Daily PressTropical Storm Melissa slogs toward Caribbean islands forecast to become hurricane
Tropical Storm Melissa has begun to slow its progress in the Caribbean but is still forecast to intensity into a hurricane and threaten Haiti and Jamaica later this week, according to the National Hurricane Center. In its 8 a.m. advisory Wednesday, Melissa had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph and was located about 305 miles south-southwest of Port au Prince, Haiti and 335 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica moving west-northwest at 2 mph. “A d…
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kioncentralcoast.comTropical storm Melissa is slowly advancing through the Caribbean Sea, threatening to generate potentially deadly flooding and landslides in parts of the region later this week.
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Tropical Storm Melissa brings flood risk to Haiti, Dominican Republic and Jamaica
Tropical Storm Melissa dumped heavy rain on Hispaniola as forecasters warned of a significant flood risk in parts of the Caribbean region in the coming days.
Computer models disagree on Tropical Storm Melissa. Here’s the latest
Tropical Storm Melissa dumped heavy rain on Hispaniola as forecasters warned Wednesday of a significant flood risk in parts of the Caribbean region in the coming days.The rains snarled traffic in the Dominican Republic’s capital, Santo Domingo, and games in the country’s professional baseball league were canceled. People in Haiti grew concerned over the possibility of heavy flooding, which has devastated the country during past storms given wide…
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