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Tropical Storm Melissa stationary

See path of Tropical Storm Melissa, a storm bringing 'extraordinary' threats

Tropical Storm Melissa continued its slow slog across the Caribbean Sea on the morning of Oct. 25, and forecasters said the storm is expected to rapidly intensify over the next 24 hours, potentially powering up to a Category 4 or 5 hurricane with winds over 150 mph.

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Storm Melissa reaches hurricane strength, threatening catastrophic flooding in Caribbean

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Tropical Storm Melissa brings death, major flooding threat to Caribbean

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

AccuWeather is predicting Melissa could become one of the strongest storms of the season.

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Why Tropical Storm Melissa’s slow crawl across the Caribbean is dangerous

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Tropical Storm Melissa Lumbers Through the Caribbean, Killing an Elderly Man in Haiti

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How strong will Tropical Storm Melissa get and where will it go? See the timeline

"Due to Melissa’s slow motion, the risk of a prolonged multi-day period of potentially damaging winds, heavy rainfall resulting in life-threatening flash flooding and numerous landslides, and coastal...

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Hurricane forecasts say Atlantic may unleash one of its 'strongest storms ever'

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

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Melissa Strengthens into a Hurricane as It Lashes the Caribbean With Heavy Rain

The storm was forecast to dump up to 25 inches of rain over Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica as it continues to strengthen this weekend.

Tropical update: Conditions ripe for Tropical Storm Melissa to rapidly intensify

Melissa is currently the only active tropical system in the Atlantic basin. As of Friday night, the storm remains nearly stationary, drifting north at just 2 mph. Maximum sustained winds are around 65 mph—just below the 75 mph threshold needed to reach Category 1 hurricane status.

Jamaica under hurricane warning as Melissa barely moves. Haiti could see ‘extensive’ damage

Haiti is expected to see catastrophic flash floods and landslides early next week causing “extensive infrastructural damage and potentially prolonged isolation of communities.” The southwestern peninsula of Haiti, from the border of the Dominican Republic to Port-au-Prince, was placed under a hurricane watch and a tropical-storm warning.

Hurricane Melissa forms, forecast to be near Cat 5, dump up to 35 inches of rain

Hurricane Melissa formed Saturday in the Caribbean forecast to rapidly intensify close to a Category 5 storm, but moving slowly while dumping “catastrophic” amounts of rain on islands

Tropical Storm Melissa forecast to bring days of rain to Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica. Maps show its path.

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.