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Tropical Storm Melissa forecast to be major hurricane

Tropical Storm Melissa could become a major hurricane. See path.

The NHC said in an 8 p.m. ET advisory on Friday, Oct. 24, that Melissa was located about 225 miles southwest of Port-Au-Prince and 190 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph with higher gusts.

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Tropical Storm Melissa poised to become a hurricane and drop torrential rain on Caribbean

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Tropical Storm Melissa projected path looks ominous for Jamaica

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Tropical Storm Melissa expected to strengthen into Category 4 hurricane. What to know in Florida

"The tropical cyclone is expected to grow in size, and likely be a large and dangerous hurricane towards the end of the forecast period," the National Hurricane Center said.

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NHC predicting Tropical Storm Melissa will strengthen into major hurricane. Any Florida impacts?

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National Hurricane Center tracking Tropical Storm Melissa, 2 tropical waves. Florida impacts?

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National Hurricane Center tracking Tropical Storm Melissa, tropical wave. What can Florida expect?

"We do not anticipate any direct impacts or landfall in the state. However, we’re watching closely because if the storm shifts a little farther west, or if the trough that’s expected to steer it away...

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Tropical Storm Melissa lumbers through Caribbean as islands take cover

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Melissa ‘a recipe for disaster’ for parts of Caribbean. Florida not out of woods yet

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Tropical Storm Melissa stationary in the Caribbean as forecasters warn it will quickly intensify

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.

Saturday, Oct. 25: Latest developments on Tropical Storm Melissa from the NHC

At 2 a.m. Saturday, the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory stating that Tropical Storm Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 170 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica and 235 miles southwest of Port Au Prince Haiti. The system, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph, is moving northwest at 3 mph.

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Expected Cat 4 Hurricane Melissa to threaten Jamaica, Cuba, but Florida effects uncertain

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

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Tropical Storm Melissa forecast to bring days of rain to Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica. Maps show its path.

Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to bring days of heavy rain to the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica and may trigger life-threatening flash flooding, the National Hurricane Center says.