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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Tropical Storm Melissa poised to become a hurricane and drop torrential rain on Caribbean

APTOPIX Dominican Republic Extreme Weather - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Tropical Storm Melissa was expected to strengthen into a hurricane on Saturday as forecasters warned of massive rainfall and life-threatening flooding and landslides in the northern Caribbean, with an astounding 35 inches (89 centimeters) of rain anticipated in southwest Haiti.

The erratic and slow-moving storm has killed at least three people in Haiti and a fourth person in the Dominican Republic, where another person remains missing.

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