Hurricane Melissa strengthens into a powerful Category 4 storm in the Caribbean. Maps show its forecast path.
Melissa strengthened rapidly into a Category 4 hurricane on Sunday and was forecast to bring “life-threatening and catastrophic” flash flooding and landslides to Jamaica and the southern parts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic over the next few days, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center warned. Hurricane Melissa, the 13th named storm of the Atlantic season,…