SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico —

Tropical Storm Melissa was nearly stationary in the central Caribbean on Friday, with forecasters warning it could soon strengthen and swipe Jamaica as a powerful hurricane while unleashing catastrophic flooding and landslides in southern Haiti.

The erratic storm was expected to drop copious rain on Jamaica and the southern regions of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. At least three people were reported killed in Haiti.

“These heavy rains are just going to sit over one area for several days,” said Jamie Rhome, deputy director at the U.S. National Hurricane Center.

The storm was located about 220 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, and about 250 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph and was moving east-southeast at 2

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