Tropical Storm Sonia is churning in the Pacific Ocean and isn’t threatening land. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm formed over the weekend and on Monday was about 965 miles southwest of the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula.

The storm is expected to make landfall in Jamaica on Monday or Tuesday. ABC News' Ike Ejiochi has the details.

Despite being in a rather active region for tropical activity, the country has experienced no landfalls greater than Category 3 in the modern record. Hurricane Charlie in 1951 is considered the worst natural disaster for the country during modern times.

The National Hurricane Center warns that Hurricane Melissa poses a threat of catastrophic flash flooding and landslides in Jamaica, Cuba and Hispaniola

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane -- one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin.

These storms are the most intense that the Earth can produce. Melissa, Humberto and Erin were added to the list of rare storms in 2025.