Tropical Storm Melissa stationary in Caribbean
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Tropical Storm Melissa is set to intensify this weekend, and Jamaica and other Caribbean islands are bracing for harsh weather, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Thursday morning.
Hurricane conditions could last for three days straight in some places, AccuWeather lead hurricane expert Alex DaSilva warned.
When Melissa grew from a tropical storm into a powerful Category 4 hurricane this weekend, it became the fourth of this year’s five Atlantic hurricanes to undergo what hurricane experts call “rapid intensification.
Hurricane Melissa is expected to lash the Caribbean with Category 5 heavy rain and gusty winds on Monday. Forecasters are issuing red alerts for Jamaica, warning of potentially life-threatening flooding.
Hurricane Melissa remains a powerful Category 5 storm with winds of 175 mph that is forecast to slam into Jamaica as the worst storm the island has ever seen.Here is Melissa’s forecast path: Hurricane Melissa live updates: Storm upgraded to Category 5 on approach to JamaicaThe catastrophic and life-threatening hurricane-force winds will begin in Jamaica on Monday night.
Hurricane Melissa is moving extremely slowly through the Caribbean Sea, where it is expected to have catastrophic impacts on Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba in the coming days. You can track it all with the maps below,