Tropical Storm Melissa, National Hurricane Center
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Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to undergo rapid intensification and grow into a powerful Category 4 hurricane by early next week.
The National Hurricane Center's 5 a.m. Friday advisory reported that Tropical Storm Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 150 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica and 270 miles southwest of Port Au Prince Haiti. The system, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph, is moving north at 3 mph.