Haiti, Jamaica and Melissa
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With slow-moving Tropical Storm Melissa expected to strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane as soon as Saturday as it churns towards Jamaica and southwest Haiti, the United Nations said Friday it’s actively helping the Caribbean respond to any devastation.
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Tropical Storm Melissa has become a hurricane and is expected to strengthen into at least a Category 4 intensity, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Saturday.
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Melissa strengthens into Category 3 hurricane, threating catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti
Hurricane Melissa rapidly strengthened into a major Category 3 hurricane as it unleashed torrential rain in the northern Caribbean and threatened catastrophic flooding and landslides in Jamaica and southern Haiti.
The southern peninsula of Haiti remains under a hurricane watch, and all of Jamaica is under a hurricane watch and a tropical storm warning. Both countries are forecast to see a tremendous amount of rain, enough to potentially spawn life-threatening mudslides and flash flooding in Haiti and the island of Hispaniola.