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Hurricane Melissa Maps Tracker: Forecasts, Storm Tracks, Expected Impacts And More
Melissa is moving extremely slowly through the Caribbean Sea, where it could have impacts on some of the islands during the next few days. You can track it all with the maps below, including forecasts from the National Hurricane Center. And if you're seeking a more in-depth look at Melissa, click here.
Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to rapidly intensify over the weekend into a Category 4 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. The slow-moving storm is forecast to bring "life-threatening and catastrophic flash flooding and landslides to southern Hispaniola and Jamaica through the weekend.
Melissa could become a Category 5 hurricane. If that wasn't enough, flooding and landslides could be widespread from Hispaniola to Jamaica and Cuba. Here's the very latest forecast.
TRACKING THE TROPICS Tropical Storm Melissa formed on Tuesday in the Caribbean and is expected to become a hurricane by the weekend. Here's the latest track:
There is nowhere that will escape the wrath of this storm,” said Evan Thompson of Jamaica’s Meteorological Service. Melissa is already blamed for four deaths.
This map from the National Hurricane Center shows the likely path of Hurricane Humberto as it tears through the Atlantic. The hurricane "is drifting slowly in weak steering currents," the center said, though it added that Humberto is "gradually increasing speed while moving west-northward to northwestward".
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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