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Tropical Storm Melissa is lurking

Tropical Storm Melissa could become a major hurricane. See path.

The NHC said in an 8 p.m. ET advisory on Friday, Oct. 24, that Melissa was located about 225 miles southwest of Port-Au-Prince and 190 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph with higher gusts.

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Melissa set to make Jamaica landfall in days as major hurricane

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Monster Tropical Storm Melissa could become Cat 5 hurricane, possible Sarasota impacts?

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Three dead as Tropical Storm Melissa tears through Caribbean

Tropical Storm Melissa has caused at least three deaths in Haiti and is forecast to intensify into a major hurricane by the end of the weekend.

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Tropical Storm Melissa stationary in the Caribbean as forecasters warn it will quickly intensify

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

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Future Hurricane Melissa And Its Deadly Scenarios In The Caribbean

NHC wrote, "There will likely be just enough mid-level ridging building north of the storm to cause Melissa to begin moving very slowly westward, with that motion continuing through Tuesday."

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National Hurricane Center tracking Tropical Storm Melissa, tropical wave. What can Florida expect?

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Tropical Storm Melissa slowly churns towards Jamaica, forecast to intensify into major hurricane by Sunday

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Hurricane forecasts say Melissa could be a 'slow-motion disaster'

Tropical Storm Melissa continues to spin in the central Caribbean Sea, where the island nation of Jamaica lies almost directly in the path of the burgeoning hurricane. While Hispaniola and Cuba are also in the line of fire,

Deadly TS Melissa nears hurricane strength, forecast to rapidly intensify to near Cat 5

Tropical Storm Melissa is close to hurricane strength Saturday morning, forecast to rapidly intensify close to a Category 5 storm, but moving slowly while dumping “catastrophic”

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Deadly Melissa nears hurricane strength, threatening catastrophic flooding, vicious storm surge to Jamaica

What was already a dangerous and deadly Tropical Storm Melissa is now on the cusp of becoming a hurricane Saturday morning, and forecasts have become even more dire for potentially catastrophic impacts across Jamaica,