Tropical Storm Melissa is crawling through the Caribbean Sea, threatening to unleash life-threatening flooding and mudslides across parts of the Caribbean later this week. This year’s Atlantic hurricane season is not over yet, and Melissa has plenty of time and fuel ahead.

Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to bring catastrophic flash flooding and landslides to parts of the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica.

Tropical Storm Melissa is now projected to make landfall in Jamaica as a major hurricane early next week. According to the Meteorological Service of Jamaica in its latest bulletin, Melissa is expected to rapidly strengthen while resuming a forward tract closer to the island.

The Caribbean is once again on edge as Tropical Storm Melissa inches closer to Jamaica, just one year after Hurricane Beryl devastated parts of the island.

Invest 98L is expected to strengthen and develop into a tropical depression or Tropical storm Melissa over the next few days, NHC forecasters say.

The Government has declared the entire island a threatened area under the Disaster Risk Management Act, as the country braces for the potential impact of Tropical Storm Melissa. The declaration, issued in a release on Friday stated that Prime Minister Andrew Holness on the advice of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) and the Minister of Local Government and Community Development,