Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, 11 a.m. ET Article last updated: Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, 2 a.m. ET System type: Hurricane, Category 2 System name: Melissa According to the National Hurricane Center's 2 a.m. Sunday advisory,

Tropical Storm Melissa was moving slowly through the Caribbean Sea early Thursday, said forecasters warning of "life-threatening flooding," and landslides.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami warned of "life-threatening and catastrophic flash flooding and landslides" throughout Hispaniola.

Tropical Storm Melissa is lumbering through the Caribbean Sea and bringing a risk of dangerous landslides and life-threatening flooding to Jamaica and southern Hispaniola.

At 8 p.m. Saturday, the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory stating that Category 2 Hurricane Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 130 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica and 260 miles west-southwest of Port Au Prince Haiti. The hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph, is moving west at 3 mph.

Hurricane Melissa is on track to rapidly strenghten and could become a major Category 5 hurricane, according to the NHC, Saturday, Oct. 25.

Melissa had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph early Wednesday and was centered about 325 miles south-southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Rain is not in the forecast. NOAA and Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters have determined that Hurricane Melissa strengthening as expected and will lead to life threatening and catastrophic flash flooding and landslides for portions of Hispaniola and Jamaica.