Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to rapidly intensify over the weekend into a Category 4 hurricane, and could get even stronger. Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to rapidly intensify over the weekend into a Category 4 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center.

At 200 AM EDT (0600 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Melissa was located near latitude 16.2 North, longitude 75.4 West. Melissa is drifting toward the north near 2 mph (4 km/h). A slow northward

Tropical Storm Melissa is forecast to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane this weekend as it slowly moves northwest near Jamaica. Due to the slow movement of this storm, multiple days of life-threatening flash flooding and high winds are expected across Jamaica,

Tropical Storm Melissa is forecast to grow into a major Category 4 hurricane as it threatens Jamaica and then Cuba, but its effects on Florida remain uncertain, according to the National Hurricane