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Melissa strengthened into a major hurricane and is expected to bring "catastrophic" flash flooding and landslides to Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

In Trinidad and Tobago, fishermen are staying home, and families are mourning the dead after airstrikes on alleged drug boats.

Tropical Storm Melissa is nearly stationary in the central Caribbean, with forecasters warning it could soon strengthen and brush past Jamaica as a powerful hurricane.

The slow-moving storm was expected to drop torrential rain, up to 25 inches, on Jamaica. A similar forecast was issued for the southern regions of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford, billed by the US Navy as “the most capable, adaptable, and lethal combat platform in the world,” is being sent to the Caribbean as the Trump administration ramps up military pressure on Venezuela over alleged drug trafficking.

Melissa intensified Saturday afternoon into a Category 1 hurricane. It will continue to strengthen before making landfall as a Major Category 4 hurricane in Jamaica on Tuesday. The storm will drop two to three feet of rain on the island, creating catastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding and landslides.

Tropical Storm Melissa may quickly intensify into a hurricane today, according to the National Hurricane Center's latest forecast. The slow-moving system is swirling over the Caribbean, and officials there are preparing for flooding,