US EditionFour Dead As Hurricane Melissa Inches Through The Caribbean
Slow-moving Tropical Storm Melissa has caused at least four deaths and damaged over 200 homes while leaving more than 500,000 people without water service, officials said.
- On Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, Tropical Storm Melissa stalled over parts of the Caribbean, moving about 1 mph and killing at least three people in Haiti and one in the Dominican Republic.
- Forecasters warned Melissa could drop up to 35 inches in Haiti and more than 25 inches in Jamaica and the Dominican Republic, while U.S. forecasters issued a hurricane warning for Jamaica.
- Authorities reported major infrastructure impacts as water systems were knocked out, leaving more than a half million customers without service and nearly 200 homes damaged in the Dominican Republic, while Jamaica activated more than 650 shelters and stocked warehouses with food packages.
- Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness urged residents to take the threat seriously and called for protective measures as local authorities organized food-kit lines and stocked warehouses, despite many residents reluctant to evacuate.
- Forecasters say the storm's center should move near or over Jamaica early next week, with Melissa possibly rapidly intensifying to a major hurricane by Sunday and marking the 13th named storm of the season from June 1 to Nov. 30.
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The storm has already claimed lives in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, but the worst damage is expected in Jamaica.
Melissa reaches hurricane strength, threatens catastrophic flooding in northern Caribbean
Hurricane Melissa threatens the northern Caribbean with potentially catastrophic rainfall, flooding and landslides. As much as 35 inches of rain is forecast in areas of Haiti.
While many tropical storms are moving through the Atlantic Ocean at a steady pace, tropical storm Melissa is moving heavily over the warm waters of the Western Caribbean, to the point of being almost stopped just south-east of Jamaica as it accumulates moisture and gains strength. The stagnant storm was pouring rains on Haiti on Friday and has already caused the death of at least three people in the country.
Miami - Storm Melissa, reinforced in a powerful hurricane, continues on Sunday its deadly route in the Caribbean, threatening Jamaica and the island of Hispaniola, shared between the Dominican Republic and Haiti, where it caused the death of four people. Accompanied by winds reaching 120 km/h, Melissa should experience "rapid intensification" and become a "major hurricane" during the day, warned the American Hurricane Center (NHC), based in Flor…
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