Hurricane Melissa’s path: where and when Melissa will make landfall

Hurricane Melissa, now a powerful Category 5 storm with winds of At 175 mph, it will hit Jamaica as the worst storm the island has ever seen.

Here is Melissa’s planned trajectory:

Catastrophic and life-threatening hurricane force winds will begin in Jamaica on Monday night.

Melissa is expected to make landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday morning.

Melissa is moving very slowly, so it will bring a deluge of rain to Jamaica, with totals forecast to reach between 15 and 30 inches and even up to 40 inches in localized areas. This will cause catastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding on Monday and Tuesday.

The storm surge will decimate parts of the south coast with water rising up to 13 feet above ground level.

Jamaicans should be prepared for extensive damage to infrastructure and prolonged power outages.

The outer bands of Melissa will also bring some tropical storm conditions to Haiti on Tuesday.

Then on Tuesday night, Melissa will leave Jamaica and head east to Cuba. Eastern Cuba could receive 15 to 20 inches of rain, causing dangerous flash floods and landslides.

On Wednesday afternoon, Melissa will approach the southeastern Bahamas, where 4 to 8 inches of rain is forecast.

Melissa could then bring hurricane impacts to Bermuda on Thursday.