For 142 very pleasant days of the 2025 hurricane season , the waters of the Caribbean Sea were still. All the storms that mattered this year formed to the north or east, and then turned north in an orderly fashion towards Bermuda. And it was good.

But on the 143rd day, Tropical Storm Melissa moved over the waters. And Melissa unfortunately looks to make up for lost time heading into the weekend, posing a serious and historic threat of major hurricane impacts on Jamaica, Cuba, and the Bahamas — but little to no risk to Florida or the continental U.S.

As of Friday morning, Melissa remains a messy and weak tropical storm in the central Caribbean, southeast of Jamaica and southwest of Hispaniola, with maximum sustained winds estimated at near 45 mph. Currently, Melissa is torn between th

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