Hurricane Melissa Live Tracker Update: Cloudy skies cover Kingston, Jamaica, ahead of Hurricane Melissa’s predicted arrival. (Hurricane Melissa Jamaica Live Updates: Strengthening Melissa has rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 145 mph and the U. S.

National Hurricane Center expects it to reach Category 5 status on Monday. It is expected to cause devastating flooding and torrential rainfall across the northern Caribbean, including Jamaica and Haiti.

The storm’s center is located 125 miles south of Kingston, Jamaica. Is.

The storm moves towards the west. Tracking Melissa: U.

S. forecasters said Melissa is expected to pass near or over Jamaica as a major hurricane on Tuesday morning, then reach Cuba on Tuesday night, and then the storm will move toward the southeastern Bahamas on Wednesday. Hurricane Melissa drops up to 30 inches of rain in Jamaica and southern Hispaniola, including Haiti and the Dominican Republic Expected to happen.

Republic, according to the hurricane center. Story continues below this advertisement Airports closed, shelters activated: Jamaica’s two major airports, Norman Manley International Airport and Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, were closed through Sunday due to the strongest storm on record in the Caribbean nation. By locals in the seaside community of Old Harbor Bay in the southern parish of St.

Catharines The evacuation was ordered by officials on Sunday. A representative of the Jamaican government said there were more than 650 shelters open in the country. Live Updates Stay updated with the latest – Click here to follow us on Instagram © IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd.