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Deadly Melissa strengthens to hurricane, threatening catastrophic flooding, storm surge to Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica – What was already a dangerous and deadly Tropical Storm ^[1] Melissa strengthened into a hurricane ^[2] Saturday, and forecasts have become even more dire for potentially catastrophic impacts across Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and even

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Melissa is now a Category 3 major hurricane with 115 mph maximum sustained winds, the National Hurricane Center announced Saturday night. FOX Weather Meteorologist Jane Minar analyzed the storm as its rapid intensification began Saturday afternoon. The storm is expected to continue to intensify ahead of making landfall in Jamaica early next week.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – What was already a dangerous and deadly Tropical Storm ^[1] Melissa strengthened into a major Category 4 hurricane ^[2] Sunday morning, and forecasts have become even more dire for potentially catastrophic impacts across Jamaica, Haiti, the

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Updated Saturday, 10 a.m.ET

Tropical Storm Melissa is organizing while it sits over the Caribbean southeast of Jamaica.The hostile upper-level winds that have been holding it back have let up enough that a partial eyewall has formed.Melissa will likely

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Over 250,000 customers lost power Saturday morning as severe weather swept through Houston and southeastern Texas, with more strong thunderstorms and flooding possible through the day.

HOUSTON -- The weekend got off to a rocky start in parts of southeastern Texas ^[1] as a line of severe thunderstorms ^[2] swept through early Saturday morning, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers.

In addition to torrential rains and skies

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Firefighters responded to flames shooting out of the roof of a home in Frisco, Texas around 4:30 a.m. Friday morning, the flames erupted after a line of severe thunderstorms moved over the area.

DENTON COUNTY, Texas – Several house fires erupted in North Teaxs on Friday morning, as a line of severe thunderstorms ^[1] spread hundreds of lightning strikes across the region.

Video showed firefighters responding to flames shooting out of the roof of a home

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Tropical Storm Melissa is "nearly stationary," according to the National Hurricane Center, but is still expected to deliver catastrophic flooding to Jamaica this weekend. See the latest forecast.

Updated Friday 9:30 a.m.ET

It's increasingly likely that Jamaica will experience long-duration impacts from likely Hurricane Melissa like no storm they've encountered in modern times.Even if Melissa's strongest winds stay offshore, and there's no guarantee that

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Another round of severe weather will rake across west Texas and the southern Plains Friday and into the weekend. Hail and tornadoes will be possible in west, central and north Texas Friday. Storms will expand into the Ark-La-Tex region Saturday bringing an increased risk of flash flooding as several rounds of storms move over the same area.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – An area of low pressure slowly making its way from the Four Corners region into Texas ^[1] and Oklahoma ^[2] Friday will bring severe weather that could produce flash flooding ^[3], hail ^[4] and even a few tornadoes ^[5] into the first half of

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The US has already seen 10 lightning deaths this year. Allen Hall, president & CEO of Weather Guard Lightning Tech joined FOX Weather to talk about ways to stay safely watch lightning and areas to avoid during storms producing lightning.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz – Two hikers were rescued from the peak of a mountain in northern Arizona after being struck by lightning ^[1]on Tuesday.

The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the rescue, saying the hikers were saved from the summit of Humphreys

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The U.S. Coast Guard was spotted on video helping to rescue residents of Kipnuk, Alaska, after the remnants of Typhoon Halong caused severe flooding on Oct. 12.

Western Alaska ^[1] tribes are resilient, facing increasing perils from climate change as coastal erosion threatens their villages.However, October’s floods ^[2] are making some wonder how many times they must recover before rebuilding is too much.

Earlier this

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Jamaica issued a Hurricane Watch and Tropical Storm Warning Thursday morning. The island nation is expected to see hurricane conditions, including life-threatening flash flooding, from Tropical Storm Melissa beginning Friday afternoon. Melissa is still forecast to become a major Category 4 hurricane sometime late this weekend, or early next week, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Updated at 10 a.m.ET on Thursday, Oct.23, 2025

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LIVE Q&A today with me and NHC Director Mike Brennan.We'll be discussing Tropical Storm and eventually Hurricane Melissa LIVE on YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, X, Instagram and LinkedIn.I hope you'll join

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Deadly Melissa strengthens to hurricane, threatening catastrophic flooding, storm surge to Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa undergoing extreme rapid intensification as Jamaica braces for catastrophic flooding, winds

Bryan Norcross: Extreme hurricane impacts begin tonight in Jamaica

260,000 without power in Texas as severe thunderstorms sweep Houston area

North Texas house fires break out during during severe thunderstorms

Relentless impacts in Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic forecast from Melissa

Severe storms bring weekend flood, tornado threat to Texas, southern Plains

Two hikers in Arizona were rescued after being struck by lightning according to officials

Alaska villages devastated by flooding face difficult decision as coastal flooding, erosion is continuous

Bryan Norcross: Catastrophic impacts possible in the Caribbean from Melissa

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