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Melissa reaches hurricane strength

Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 3, could be Jamaica's most powerful storm in history

The NHC warned of “life-threatening and catastrophic flash flooding and landslides” through the weekend in Jamaica and southern Hispaniola, the island that comprises Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

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Hurricane Melissa forecast to strengthen to Category 5 storm. See path.

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Melissa strengthens into a Category 3 hurricane, threating catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti

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Melissa Grows Into A Category 3 Hurricane While Unleashing Torrential Rain In The North Caribbean

U.S. forecasters issued a hurricane warning for Jamaica as Tropical Storm Melissa threatened catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean.

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Storm Melissa reaches hurricane strength, threatening catastrophic flooding in northern Caribbean

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Hurricane Melissa hits Category 3, likely to cause ‘catastrophic’ situation in Caribbean

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Tropical Storm Melissa Stationary in the Caribbean as 4 Deaths Reported and Huge Rains Expected

“The rainfall is a huge risk with the storm,” said Michael Brennan, director of the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.

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Melissa becomes a hurricane, expected to rapidly intensify this weekend

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Hurricane Melissa Tracker

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Hurricane Melissa forms, could soon explode into monstrous major hurricane

Melissa is the fifth hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, joining Erin, Gabrielle, Humberto and Imelda.

Melissa expected to rapidly intensify into major hurricane in the Caribbean

Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica are bracing for Hurricane Melissa. The storm is expected to quickly grow into a powerful category 3 or stronger hurricane.

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Tropical Storm Melissa expected to intensify in strength over weekend

Tropical Storm Melissa continues to slowly move northwest with sustained winds near 70 mph -- just shy of becoming the fifth hurricane of this Atlantic season.

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What to Expect From Hurricane Melissa This Weekend and Beyond

After it lashes the Caribbean this weekend, there’s still uncertainty about where the storm will go next. Here are the scenarios, one day at a time.

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Hurricane forecast: Melissa a Cat. 5 monster in the making with Florida dodging the bullet

We will be very fortunate if Melissa does not cause a humanitarian disaster, even as Florida is again in the clear of a strange 2025 hurricane season.