Deadly Tropical Storm Melissa pummels Caribbean – DW – 10/25/2025
Tropical Storm Melissa ragedĀ overĀ the Caribbean on Friday, with forecasters warning that it is likely to strengthen into a hurricane and possibly bringĀ massive rainfall, flooding and landslides to the north of the region.
MelissaĀ has already led to three deaths in Haiti, with two people killed in a landslide in the island nation's west on Thursday and a third dying after a tree fell on them amid heavy rain earlier in the week.Ā
A fourth person has been killed in the Dominican Republic, where another person remains missing.
Nearly 200 homes in the Dominican Republic have been destroyed, while water supply to more than half a million people has been disrupted.Ā
Warning of 'catastrophic' flooding
Melissa could take onĀ hurricane strengthĀ in "in Haiti later this weekend and Jamaica beginni...