Hurricane Melissa strengthens into a Category 1 storm in the Caribbean. Maps show its forecast path.

Melissa is expected to strengthen from a tropical storm into a major hurricane and bring "catastrophic" flash flooding and landslides to Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic
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Melissa intensifies into a hurricane; Jamaica and Haiti brace for impacts

Tropical Storm Melissa remains nearly stationary over the north-central Caribbean Sea, but signs point to strengthening in the coming days. While the storm is s
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Melissa on Track for Direct Hit to Jamaica as Storm Strengthens Toward Major Hurricane Status

Forecasters warned of rapid intensification, with Melissa expected to reach hurricane strength later today and potentially major hurricane status by Sunday. The storm’s projected path shows Jamaica directly in its core wind field, with tropical-storm-force winds already extending up to 115 miles (185 km) from the center.

Tropical Storm Melissa Map Shows Where 2 Feet of Rain Could Fall

Tropical Storm Melissa is trekking north-northwest across the Caribbean. NHC has issued a tropical storm warning and hurricane watch for the southern peninsula of Haiti from the border with the Dominican Republic to Port-au-Prince, and Jamaica.
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Haiti Aid Map: Visualizing Two Years of Coordinated Response

The mapping team at InterAction reflect on the earthquake in Haiti on its two year anniversary. We have all seen the statistics: over 1.5 million people displaced and 230,000 lives claimed. The January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti was the second deadliest ...

Melissa becoming major threat to Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic

Melissa is expected to strengthen from a tropical storm into a major hurricane this weekend, bringing “life-threatening and catastrophic” flash flooding and landslides to the Caribbean.
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Satellite Maps of Haiti Earthquake Damage Will Aid Rescue Workers

Photo: First satellite map of the Port-au-Prince area of Haiti acquired on 13 January 2010, following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks that hit the Caribbean nation on 12 January. (SERTIT - CNES - International Charter) The major 7.0 ...
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Why is Haiti prone to devastating earthquakes?

LES CAYES, Haiti -- Earthquakes have been wreaking havoc in Haiti since at least the 18th century, when the city of Port-au-Prince was destroyed twice in 19 years. Saturday's powerful quake killed hundreds and injured thousands more. Eleven years earlier a ...
Miami New Times

Miami Could Officially Put Little Haiti on the Map This Week, but Opponents Prepared to Fight

There's already a Little Haiti Cultural Center and a Little Haiti Park. Ask any Miamian for directions to Little Haiti and they won't hesitate to point you toward the Caribbean area centered on NE 2nd Avenue. And yet Little Haiti has never been an ...
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