Melissa, Caribbean and national hurricane center
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Melissa is forecast to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane and bring life-threatening rainfall, landslides and storm surge to Jamaica, Haiti and elsewhere.
Tropical Storm Melissa may quickly intensify into a hurricane today, according to the National Hurricane Center's latest forecast. The slow-moving system is swirling over the Caribbean, and officials there are preparing for flooding,
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.