Jamaica, Melissa and national hurricane center
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Tropical Storm Melissa was moving slowly through the Caribbean Sea early Thursday, said forecasters warning of "life-threatening flooding," and landslides.
Here's a look at where Tropical Storm Melissa is, where it's headed and the impacts it could have in Sarasota.
At 11 a.m. Saturday, the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory stating that Tropical Storm Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 155 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica and 235 miles southwest of Port Au Prince Haiti. The system, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph, is moving west-northwest at 1 mph.
Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to bring days of heavy rain to the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica and may trigger life-threatening flash flooding, the National Hurricane Center says.