"In an update at at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (0000 Saturday GMT), the NHC said "Melissa is expected to bring total rainfall of 15 to 25 inches (38 to 64 centimeters) to portions of southern Hispaniola and Jamaica through Tuesday." Up to 89 centimeters of rain is even possible across Haiti's Tiburon Peninsula in the southwest, according to the NHC."
"Melissa has already led to three deaths in Haiti, with two people killed in a landslide in the island nation's west on Thursday and a third dying after a tree fell on them amid heavy rain earlier in the week. A fourth person has been killed in the Dominican Republic, where another person remains missing. Nearly 200 homes in the Dominican Republic have been destroyed, while water supply to more than half a million people has been disrupted."
"At the time of the update, the storm was located about 290 kilometers (180 miles) southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, and about 390 kilometers southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It was carrying maximum sustained winds of 100 kph (65 mph) and was moving northwest at 6 kph, according to the NHC. Melissa is the 13th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from"
Tropical Storm Melissa raged over the Caribbean and is likely to strengthen into a hurricane, threatening massive rainfall, flooding and landslides across the northern Caribbean. The storm has already caused multiple deaths in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, destroyed nearly 200 homes, and disrupted water supplies to over half a million people. The US National Hurricane Center warned of 15 to 25 inches of rain in parts of southern Hispaniola and Jamaica, with up to 89 centimeters possible on Haiti's Tiburon Peninsula. Southeast Cuba is also expected to receive significant rainfall. Melissa was located southeast of Kingston and southwest of Port-au-Prince, carrying 100 kph winds and moving northwest slowly.
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