Photos| Storm "Melissa" It becomes a Category 3 hurricane, threatening catastrophic floods

convertedThe storm "Melissa" It has become a major Category 3 hurricane threatening catastrophic floods in the northern Caribbean.

Heavy rains are expected to fall on Jamaica and the southern regions of Haiti and the Dominican Republic until next Monday.

The center of Hurricane Melissa was located about (200) kilometers southeast of Kingston, the capital of Jamaica, and about (455) kilometers southwest of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti.

The hurricane’s maximum sustained winds reached (185) kilometers per hour, and it was moving west at a speed of (6) kilometers per hour, according to the US National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Melissa’s victims in Haiti

Three people died in Tropical Storm Melissa in Haitias local authorities announced, and it may intensify into a hurricane over the weekend, according to The US National Hurricane Center.
The Civil Defense in Haiti explained on its website that "Two people were killed and another wounded, bringing the death toll to three in the last 48 hours"A man was killed on Wednesday when a tree fell.
The flood of the Saint-Martin River caused by heavy rains affected a bridge in the northeast of the island, as well as homes in the northwest of Port-au-Prince in Haiti, according to the Civil Defense.

Catastrophic landslides

On Friday evening, local time, Storm Melissa was 360 kilometers southwest of Port-au-Prince in Haiti and 310 kilometers from Kingston, Jamaica, according to the latest bulletin of the American Hurricane Center, which was issued at midnight GMT.
The center explained that the tropical storm may turn into a hurricane in the next 48 hours in Jamaica and in southwestern Haiti.
It added that the strength of Melissa is the thirteenth storm this season. "It hasn’t changed much in the last few hours" but "Catastrophic and deadly floods and landslides are expected in some areas south of the island of Hispaniola and Jamaica during the weekend.".