Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 storm with 185 mph winds early Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 28, and is forecast to have catastrophic impacts on islands in the northern Caribbean with even stronger winds in elevated locations and up to 40 inches of rain in some areas,

Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to rapidly intensify over the weekend into a Category 4 hurricane, and could get even stronger. Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to rapidly intensify over the weekend into a Category 4 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to bring lots of rain to the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica but its path beyond that isn't clear, the National Hurricane Center says.