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Tropical Storm Melissa stationary in the Caribbean as 4 deaths reported and huge rains expected
Tropical Storm Melissa is nearly stationary in the central Caribbean, with forecasters warning it could soon strengthen and brush past Jamaica as a powerful hurricane.
Tropical Storm Melissa is set to intensify this weekend, and Jamaica and other Caribbean islands are bracing for harsh weather, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Thursday morning.
Hurricane Melissa, the strongest tropical cyclone of 2025, disrupts Caribbean travel, closing airports and causing widespread flight cancellations.
Hurricane Melissa on Monday intensified into a Category 5 storm, the most powerful of hurricanes, while continuing to drop torrents of “catastrophic” rain across the Caribbean, the
The record-breaking Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, with sustained winds of 185 mph and gusts of over 200 mph, made landfall in Jamaica on Oct. 28 with 130 mph winds. This marks Melissa the strongest hurricane that has made landfall on the island to date.
Hurricane Melissa has strengthened back into a Category 2 hurricane after devastating Jamaica, Cuba and the Bahamas and is heading toweard Bermuda.