National Hurricane Center, Melissa
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Melissa is on track to rapidly strenghten and could become a major Category 5 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center Saturday, Oct. 25.
Hurricane Melissa formed Saturday in the Caribbean forecast to rapidly intensify close to a Category 5 storm, but moving slowly while dumping “catastrophic” amounts of rain on islands
Article last updated: Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, 2 p.m. ET
The slow-moving storm was expected to drop torrential rain on Jamaica and the southern regions of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through Monday.
The hot ocean temperatures and dry air are primed for a potentially explosive hurricane to erupt, with some severe weather impacts possible for Florida.
The National Hurricane Center's 8 p.m. Friday update reported that Tropical Storm Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 190 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica and 225 miles southwest of Port Au Prince Haiti. Packing maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, it is tracking north at 2 mph.