Tropical Storm Melissa lumbers through the Caribbean as islands take cover from rain World Oct 23, 2025 10:38 AM EDT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Melissa lumbered through the Caribbean Sea on Thursday, bringing a risk of dangerous landslides and life-threatening flooding to Jamaica and southern Hispaniola — an island shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Officials urged residents in flood-prone areas to seek higher ground.

The slow-moving storm was centered about 215 miles (345 kilometers) southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, and about 275 miles (440 kilometers southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (80 kph) and was moving northwest at 5 mph (7 kph), the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

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