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After devastating the Caribbean islands and dumping rain on Bermuda, where is Post-Tropical Cyclone Melissa going next?
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Interactive maps show timeline, predicted strength of Tropical Storm Melissa over next 5 days
Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to rapidly intensify over the weekend into a Category 4 hurricane, and could get even stronger. Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to rapidly intensify over the weekend into a Category 4 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Tropical Storm Melissa is likely to undergo rapid intensification and grow into a powerful Category 4 hurricane.
The NHC predicts that Melissa could become a major hurricane as it skirts around Jamaica early next week. Here's how it will unfold.
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Tropical Storm Melissa now less than 900 miles from Florida. What you should know
Tropical Storm Melissa continues to keep forecasters guessing but predictions now call for rapid intensification into Category 4 hurricane.
Forecasters said Wednesday that Hurricane Melissa will likely form within 24 hours and intensify into a Category 2 hurricane by Sunday, with some models showing it even reaching major hurricane strength.
Best-case scenario: “The best-case scenario for Florida would be if Melissa moves over eastern Cuba or Hispaniola and then gets pulled out to sea. That would spare Florida from impacts, though it would likely bring life-threatening and possibly catastrophic flooding to parts of Hispaniola, eastern Cuba, and the Dominican Republic."
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Hurricane Melissa now major Category 3 storm, forecast to reach Category 5. Florida update
Hurricane Melissa is expected to continue strengthening and become a Category 5 hurricane, according to the NHC, Saturday, Oct. 25.
Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to become a major hurricane by Monday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
At 2 p.m. ET on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center officially named Tropical Depression 9 as Imelda. It remains highly disorganized. Maximum sustained winds are at 40 mph, and its center is located approximately 90 miles west of the Central Bahamas ...
Rescue operations are in full swing across the Caribbean after Hurricane Melissa, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in more than 150 years, tore through Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, and the Bahamas, leaving behind catastrophic destruction.