Tropical storm Melissa fears grow in Florida

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Will Tropical Storm Melissa impact South Florida? See its projected path.
With the 11 p.m. Thursday advisory, Melissa was about 150 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica and 270 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, creeping north at only 3 mph and packing maximum sustained winds near 45 mph. Tropical-storm-force winds extended outward up to 140 miles from the center, underscoring the storm's broad reach.

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Tropical Storm Melissa lumbers through Caribbean as islands take cover
Tropical Storm Melissa lumbered through the Caribbean Sea on Thursday, bringing a risk of dangerous landslides and life-threatening flooding to Jamaica and southern Hispaniola — an island shared by t...

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Tropical Storm Melissa Forecast To Rapidly Intensify Into A Hurricane; Major Flood Risk To Jamaica, Hispaniola
Tropical Storm Melissa to reach major hurricane strength by Sunday; Florida told to stay vigilant
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The slow-moving storm is forecast to bring "life-threatening and catastrophic flash flooding and landslides to southern Hispaniola and Jamaica through the weekend.

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