Jamaica, Melissa and National Hurricane Center
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EYE ON THE TROPICS Life-threatening flooding, landslides and storm surge are expected in Jamaica and southern Hispaniola as Melissa continues to strengthen.
An intensifying Melissa is expected to bring destructive flooding to Jamaica, southern Haiti and the Dominican Republic before tracking toward Cuba next week.
Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 4 storm on Saturday. It unleashed torrential rain and threatened to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica, the U.