Melissa will likely intensify into a hurricane in a matter of hours. Once the storm has its structure in place, rapid intensification is forecast over the near-record warm water.

The Government has declared the entire island a threatened area under the Disaster Risk Management Act, as the country braces for the potential impact of Tropical Storm Melissa. The declaration, issued in a release on Friday stated that Prime Minister Andrew Holness on the advice of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) and the Minister of Local Government and Community Development,

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Prime Minister, Dr Andrew Holness, says Jamaica is to be declared a disaster area shortly, as the country remains on alert for Tropical Storm Melissa. Jamaica has been under a tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch since Thursday “Under the Disaster Risk Management Act,