Hurricane Melissa strengthens to a record Category 5 storm
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National Hurricane Center tracking tropical wave moving toward Caribbean. Will it strengthen?
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.
Invest 98L strengthened as expected into Tropical Storm Melissa Tuesday, Oct. 21. Further strengthening is expected.
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.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is keeping a close eye on a tropical wave moving across the Atlantic Ocean.
Hurricane Melissa made landfall along Jamaica's southwestern coast Tuesday as an extremely powerful Category 5 storm.
Tropical Storm Melissa, which is taking aim at the Caribbean, is forecast to strengthen to a hurricane by the weekend.
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Jamaica could face days of hurricane conditions as Melissa set to rapidly intensify in the Caribbean
Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean are staring down what could become a catastrophic, days-long assault of extreme rainfall and damaging winds.