US EditionMelissa becomes a hurricane, expected to rapidly intensify this weekend
- On Oct. 26, forecasters say Tropical Storm Melissa will intensify into a hurricane by Saturday and a major hurricane by Sunday, Oct. 26, as Air Force Hurricane Hunter reconnaissance shows rapid intensification.
- Because Tropical Storm Melissa is slow moving in weak upper-level steering, it is stalling near Jamaica and Haiti and entering conditions that favor rapid intensification.
- Forecasters expect 15 inches of rain across southern Hispaniola and eastern Jamaica, with Melissa already causing fatalities and water outages affecting more than half a million in the Dominican Republic.
- A hurricane warning covers Jamaica while a watch is in place for Haiti's southwestern peninsula as Jamaican authorities closed schools, activated more than 650 shelters, and warned airports may close within 24 hours.
- Computer models show Melissa could make landfall in Jamaica or Cuba before recurvature, and as the 13th named storm in a season running through Nov. 30, some models project Category 4 strength.
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The extreme phenomenon claimed the lives of three people in Haiti and another in the neighboring Dominican Republic, where a teenager was declared missing, according to authorities in both countries.
Category 1 Hurricane Melissa expected to "rapidly intensify"
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) - Melissa became a Category 1 Hurricane on Saturday and the National Hurricane Center expects it to become a major hurricane on Sunday. Hurricane Melissa is 130-miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica and 250-miles west-southwest of Port Au Prince, Haiti with maximum sustained winds of 90-mph. Melissa has hurricane-force winds that extend outward from the center up to 15-miles and tropical-storm-force winds extending outward up t…
They warn that Melissa could quickly strengthen in the next few hours and evolve to a major hurricane by Sunday.
Hurricane Melissa poses potential 'humanitarian crisis' for Jamaica, Haiti
Large swaths of the western Caribbean are already in the throes of, or preparing for, Hurricane Melissa, which is expected to become the strongest storm ever recorded in Jamaica. Haiti, meanwhile, has already seen three deaths since Thursday, two of which were the result of landslides in the capital of Port-au-Prince, local authorities announced. Region braces for rapid intensification Tropical Storm Melissa, which had been churning over Haiti …
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Melissa strengthens into hurricane, cutting slow path to Jamaica
Deadly storm Melissa strengthened Saturday afternoon into a Category 1 hurricane, with rapid intensification expected over the weekend as it cut a worryingly slow course toward the Caribbean island of Jamaica, forecasters said.
As Melissa threatens the Caribbean, the authorities call for vigilance in the face of the risks of prolonged isolation and new human tragedies.
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