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Tropical Storm Melissa, Hurricane

Hurricane Melissa path: Historic storm downgraded to Category 1 as it starts to cross parts of the Bahamas. See latest projected models and forecast.

Hurricane Melissa is currently a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph as it's "starting to accelerate northeastward over the Bahamas," the National Hurricane Center said.

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Tropical Storm Melissa to strengthen into major hurricane: Latest forecast

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Hurricane Melissa pummels Jamaica, hits Cuba. Latest forecast, spaghetti models

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Jamaica's strongest-ever storm, Hurricane Melissa, turns to Cuba

Hurricane Melissa was expected to bring catastrophe as it makes landfall in Jamaica with storm surges, flash floods and landslides in the worst storm to hit the Caribbean island this century, a U.N. ...

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After causing catastrophic damage in Cuba and Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa travels toward the Bahamas

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See Hurricane Melissa tracker, path as Category 4 storm makes way across Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa turned sharply to devastate Jamaica − how forecasters knew where it was headed

Accurate forecasts of Melissa’s turn to the northeast gave many people across Jamaica, Cuba and the eastern Bahamas extra time to evacuate to safer areas before the hurricane headed their way.

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Hurricane Melissa path: Historic storm headed for parts of the Bahamas. See latest projected models and forecast.

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People stuck on roofs after Jamaica's worst hurricane, says minister, as storm heads to Bahamas

Friday, Oct. 24 update: Latest on Tropical Storm Melissa from the National Hurricane Center

The National Hurricane Center's 5 p.m. Friday update reported that Tropical Storm Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 215 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. Melissa is expected to strengthen into a hurricane.

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Tropical Storm Melissa takes aim at Caribbean: Latest forecast

Tropical Storm Melissa, which is taking aim at the Caribbean, is forecast to strengthen to a hurricane by the weekend.

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As Tropical Storm Lorenzo continues to move away from the U.S. and weaken, here's what to expect in the Jacksonville area.

Saturday, Oct. 25: Latest developments on Tropical Storm Melissa from the NHC

At 11 a.m. Saturday, the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory stating that Tropical Storm Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 155 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica and 235 miles southwest of Port Au Prince Haiti. The system, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph, is moving west-northwest at 1 mph.

Tropical Storm Melissa: Saturday, Oct. 25 update from the NHC on latest developments

According to the National Hurricane Center's 11 a.m. Saturday advisory, Tropical Storm Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 165 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica and 240 miles southwest of Port Au Prince Haiti. The system is moving to the northwest at 3 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.