Three key takeaways from Tropical Storm Melissa: • Melissa is moving slowly northward and will turn westward, bringing it close to Jamaica and southwestern Haiti. • The storm is forecast to rapidly intensify this weekend, becoming a major hurricane by Sunday. • Heavy rainfall threatens southern Haiti, eastern Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic with life-threatening flooding and landslides.

At the 11 a.m. update, the latest National Hurricane Center forecast has Melissa moving east-southeast at 2 mph. The center of the storm is located approximately 215 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica and about 250 miles southwest of Port Au Prince, Haiti.

Melissa is expected to continue moving north or north-northeast over the next day, then make a sharp turn westward over the weekend through

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