Melissa becomes a hurricane over Caribbean
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Hurricane Melissa is heading for the northern Caribbean but will spare Louisiana. The storm has already killed at least three people in Haiti and one in the Dominican Republic.
After it lashes the Caribbean this weekend, there’s still uncertainty about where the storm will go next. Here are the scenarios, one day at a time.
Tropical Storm Melissa is effectively parked in the central Caribbean, dumping devastating amounts of rain on Haiti and Jamaica that has already claimed at least three lives and destroyed one bridge. And more rain is on the way.
The National Hurricane Center's 8 a.m. Friday update reported that Tropical Storm Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 185 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica and 260 miles southwest of Port Au Prince Haiti. Packing maximum sustained winds of 45 mph, it is tracking east-southeast at 1 mph.