The southern peninsula of Haiti and all of Jamaica remain under a hurricane watch and a tropical storm warning. Both countries are forecast to see a tremendous amount of rain, enough to potentially spawn life-threatening mudslides and flash flooding in Haiti and the island of Hispaniola.

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The National Hurricane Center's 11 p.m. Tuesday advisory reported that Tropical Storm Jerry is in the Atlantic Ocean, 1,030 miles east-southeast of the Northern Leeward Islands. Packing maximum sustained winds of 50 mph, the system is tracking to the west-northwest at 23 mph.

Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to meander the Caribbean at an agonizingly slow pace in the coming days, even as it’s forecast to strengthen into a hurricane, covering as little ground as 2 miles in an hour.

Tropical Storm Franklin has formed in the Atlantic and is expected to make landfall in the Caribbean next week, according to the National Hurricane Center. UPDATE: Tropical Storm Gert forms alongside Franklin, Emily, disturbance in Gulf Franklin joins the ...

The National Hurricane Center's 11 a.m. Wednesday advisory reported that Tropical Storm Jerry is in the Atlantic Ocean, 750 miles east-southeast of the Northern Leeward Islands. The system, with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph, is moving west-northwest at 23 mph.

According to the National Hurricane Center's 5 a.m. Thursday advisory, Tropical Storm Jerry is in the Atlantic Ocean, 505 miles east-southeast of the Northern Leeward Islands. Packing maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, it is tracking to the west-northwest at 18 mph.

Over 300 classrooms were damaged by Tropical Storm Ramil (international name: Fengshen) that struck several parts of Luzon over the weekend. Based on a situation report, DepEd said a total of 375 classrooms were damaged by Ramil in various parts of Luzon.