GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Several Caribbean islands are under hurricane watches and warnings for the impacts of Hurricane Melissa, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The cyclone quickly intensified into a Major Category 3 hurricane seemingly overnight, after maintaining tropical storm status up until Saturday.

Melissa has already had deadly impacts as it moved through the Caribbean as a tropical storm for the past few days. Haiti’s Civil Protection Agency reported a landslide in a commune of Port-au-Prince, which killed two people on Thursday.

The NHC says Melissa is forecasted to strengthen into a Category 5 by the time it makes landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday, which means winds of at least 157 miles per hour.

From there, the cone shows Melissa passing over Cuba and The Bah

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