Tropical Storm Melissa has claimed the lives of at least three people in Haiti as it brings heavy rain and devastating flooding to the Caribbean. Meteorologists warn that the storm could strengthen into a Category 4 hurricane. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami has issued warnings of "life-threatening and catastrophic flash flooding and landslides" throughout Hispaniola, which includes Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The storm is expected to bring up to 14 inches of rain in the coming days, with Jamaica also facing similar rainfall amounts.

According to the Haitian Civil Protection Agency, two people died in a landslide in Fontamara, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, and an elderly man was killed by a falling tree in Marigot. Five others were injured in the Artibonite region. The

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