Hurricane Melissa closes in on Jamaica
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Tropical Storm Melissa strengthened into a hurricane on Saturday, October 25, with the National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecasting “rapid intensification.” The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) released this imagery on X with a caption reading: “Melissa has strengthened into a hurricane just south of Jamaica and Hispaniola.
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.
An intensifying Melissa is expected to bring destructive flooding to Jamaica, southern Haiti and the Dominican Republic before tracking toward Cuba next week.