Tropical Storm Melissa formed over the central Caribbean Tuesday morning with sustained winds of 50 mph, becoming the 13th named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

Melissa is this year's first storm to form in the Caribbean. The last time an Atlantic hurricane season ended on Nov. 30 without a named storm in the Caribbean was in 1997, according to Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach.

Located about 300 miles south of Haiti as of 10 a.m. Tuesday, Melissa was moving west at about 14 mph, according to the NHC.

A hurricane watch was issued for portions of Haiti, where the storm is expected to bring heavy rain that could lead to flooding and landsides through the weekend. A tropical storm wat

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