Tropical Storm Melissa "Reforming" Before Strengthening to a Hurricane

Tropical Storm Melissa "reforming" before strengthening to a hurricane

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) - Melissa is currently 215-miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica and 250-miles southwest of Port Au Prince, Haiti with maximum sustained winds of 45-mphs and tropical-storm-force winds that extend outward from the center up to 140-miles. There's both a Hurricane Watch and Tropical Storm Warning in effect for the southwestern peninsula of Haiti and Jamaica. The National Hurricane Center says that "Melissa may have reformed recen…

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The National Hurricane Center said "significant strengthening" of Tropical Storm Melissa is expected sometime over the weekend.