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Tropical Storm Melissa may reach Category 5, poses great danger to Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti
Tropical Storm Melissa is forecast to rapidly strengthen to a major hurricane over the Caribbean and could end up being one of the strongest of the season with lives and property in peril from Jamaica to Cuba and Haiti

Melissa is poised to rapidly strengthen this weekend and become a powerful hurricane as it bears down on the Caribbean. The intensifying storm has the potential to unleash feet of rain that can trigger life-threatening flooding and mudslides, high winds that will lead to widespread power outages, and storm surge that may inundate coastal areas from Jamaica this weekend to eastern Cuba into next week.

The abundance of warm water in the Caribbean is a recipe for explosive development. Wind shear (stiff breezes pushing on the storm) was preventing strengthening on Wednesday and Thursday, but is forecast to drop off in Melissa's path in the coming days, which will allow the storm to intensify.

The AccuWeather RealImpact™ Scale for Hurricanes is 4 for the western Caribbean and 1 for Puerto Rico. This scale, developed by experts at AccuWeather, takes into account the risk to lives, property and economic impacts from the storm stemming from flooding rain, storm surge and high winds. The Saffir-Simpson Scale for Hurricanes only takes into account a storm's maximum winds.

"The exceptionally warm waters, reaching hundreds of feet deep, will act like jet fuel — providing extra energy for Melissa," AccuWeather Lead Hurricane Expert Alex DaSilva said. "The warmest water in the Atlantic basin is in the central Caribbean, in the direct path of this storm. Rapid intensification into a Category 5 hurricane is not out of the question this weekend."

https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/tropical-storm-melissa-may-reach-category-5-poses-great-danger-to-jamaica-cuba-and-haiti/1828011