Forecasters warn that Tropical Storm Melissa could bring destructive winds and over 30 inches of rain to Jamaica as the storm edges closer to the island.

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Tropical Storm Melissa is forecast to strengthen into a major hurricane by late this weekend, leaving Jamaica at risk of catastrophic impacts. While many locals are expressing trepidation at the potential damage,

Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean are staring down what could become a catastrophic, days-long assault of extreme rainfall and damaging winds.

The storm was forecast to dump up to 14 inches of rain over the Caribbean as it strengthens into a major hurricane by the weekend. The New York Times Judson Jones and Kieran Corcoran Judson Jones is a meteorologist and reporter. Three people died in Haiti ...

Tropical Storm Melissa is forecast to rapidly strengthen to a major hurricane over the Caribbean and could end up being one of the strongest of the season with lives and property in peril from Jamaica to Cuba and Haiti.

An unnamed hurricane, which struck the Grand Strand on October 31, 1899, remains the latest hurricane on record to make landfall on the Palmetto State.

The storm has already led to the death of an elderly man in Haiti who was killed by a downed tree, according to The Associated Press. On Friday evening, Tropical Storm Melissa con