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Tropical Storm Melissa is near hurricane strength and is expected to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane.

Jamaica is under a hurricane warning, with catastrophic flash flooding and landslides expected.

The storm is forecast to bring damaging winds, heavy rain, and a life-threatening storm surge to Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.

Melissa poses little to no direct risk to Florida or the continental United States, according to meteorologists.

is near hurricane strength Saturday morning, Oct. 25, as it and is forecast to this weekend, according to the latest advisory from the in Miami, Florida.

At 11 a.m., Melissa was 155 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph and moving west-northwest at just 1 mph.

Rapid intens

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