Hurricane Melissa is so severe that even hurricane tracking weather planes have been forced to avoid the storm.

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two tropical waves: The axis of an eastern Atlantic tropical wave is near 31W/32W S of 18N, and moving west around 17 mph. Scattered moderate to isolated strong convection is noted from 06N to 12N between 30W and 34W.

Tropical Storm Melissa is trekking north-northwest across the Caribbean. NHC has issued a tropical storm warning and hurricane watch for the southern peninsula of Haiti from the border with the Dominican Republic to Port-au-Prince, and Jamaica.

An area of low pressure is likely to form during the next few days in the northwestern Caribbean Sea. Gradual development of this system is expected, and a tropical depression is likely to form as the system moves slowly northward into the Gulf of Mexico ...

The USS Stockdale, a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, has entered the Caribbean Sea after a high-profile transit of the Panama Canal, reinforcing U.S. naval presence in the region. The deployment is part of the Trump administration ...

About 10,000 U.S. troops and dozens of military aircraft and ships are in the region as the Trump administration increases pressure on Venezuela.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is keeping a close eye on a tropical wave moving across the Atlantic Ocean.

Former Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic storms on record, weakened after leaving a trail of devastation across Caribbean islands.