Tropical Storm Melissa to strengthen into major hurricane
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Dozens of people were already in shelters in the Dominican Republic, and schools, businesses and government agencies were closed.
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.
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Invest 98L likely to become tropical depression
If Invest 98L becomes Tropical Storm or Hurricane Melissa, it will be the 13th named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season.