Hurricane Melissa is strengthening and is now a major hurricane, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Sunday. It said in a press release that "Melissa [is] rapidly intensifying," and is “expected to be a major hurricane when making landfall in Jamaica.”

Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti on alert

The NHC said Melissa is a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.

In a post on X, the National Hurricane Center said "...NOAA and Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter aircraft report that Melissa is now a major hurricane...life-threatening and catastrophic flash flooding and landslides expected in portions of southern Hispaniola and Jamaica into early next week..."

Where and when will Hurricane Melissa make landfall

"Melissa is expected to be a major hurricane when making

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