Hurricane Melissa made landfall on the Caribbean island of Jamaica on Tuesday, Oct. 28, as a Category 5 storm with sustained winds over 180 mph. It brought threats of more than two feet of rain and a life-threatening storm surge.

As Tropical Storm Melissa crawls through the Caribbean, it will strengthen to a hurricane and unleash torrential rain that may trigger major to extreme flooding and mudslides, endangering lives and property.

Tropical Storm Melissa is nearly stationary in the central Caribbean, with forecasters warning it could soon strengthen and brush past Jamaica as a powerful hurricane.

Tropical Storm Melissa has formed in the Caribbean Sea, according to the National Hurricane Center. See where the storm is headed.

Tropical Storm Melissa is lumbering through the Caribbean Sea and bringing a risk of dangerous landslides and life-threatening flooding to Jamaica and southern Hispaniola.

Invest 98L strengthened as expected into Tropical Storm Melissa Tuesday, Oct. 21. Further strengthening is expected.

The US National Hurricane Centre says the category four storm is "extremely dangerous and life-threatening" as it hits the island.

Tropical Storm Melissa is forecast to become a major Category 4 hurricane as its slowly churns in the Caribbean Sea. Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Haiti on alert for heavy rainfall, flooding, and damaging winds, according to the National Hurricane Season. Melissa is the 13th named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, which ends November 30.

Melissa is expected to strengthen from a tropical storm into a major hurricane this weekend, bringing “life-threatening and catastrophic” flash flooding and landslides to the Caribbean.