Catastrophic Flooding Threatens Jamaica, Haiti as Storm Melissa Expected to Become Major Hurricane

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Catastrophic Flooding Threatens Jamaica, Haiti as Storm Melissa Expected to Become Major Hurricane

The forecasted track of Tropical Storm Melissa from the National Hurricane Center as of Oct. 24, 2025. (NOAA/NWS/NHC).

Parts of Jamaica and Haiti could face catastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding and landslides this weekend as Tropical Storm Melissa continues to intensify in the southern Caribbean, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Crawling east-southeast at 2 mph, Melissa’s center was tagged about 215 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, and about 250 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as of 11 a.m. ET on Oct. 24, with tropical-storm force winds (39–73 mph) extending 140 miles out.

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