热带风暴梅丽莎有望加强为强烈飓风,威胁牙买加和海地
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热带风暴梅丽莎有望加强为强烈飓风,威胁牙买加和海地

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热带风暴梅丽莎预计将迅速增强为强烈飓风,给牙买加和海地带来暴雨、强风及潜在洪灾的重大威胁。

热带风暴梅丽莎目前位于加勒比海中部,预计将在周末迅速增强为强烈飓风。风暴缓慢移动,预计将给牙买加和海地部分地区带来持续的暴雨、强风和危险的风暴潮。

截至周六早晨,梅丽莎位于牙买加金斯敦东南约165英里处,最大持续风速为每小时70英里。风暴移动缓慢,增加了受影响地区长时间暴露于恶劣天气条件的风险。

牙买加已发布飓风警报,预计飓风级风力将于今晚开始。海地南部处于飓风观察状态,预计热带风暴条件将于今日晚些时候开始。

美国国家飓风中心警告称,海地周六预计“道路和建筑物将遭受广泛破坏,可能导致社区长期孤立”。“这是一个威胁生命的情况,应立即采取措施保护生命和财产。”

牙买加总理安德鲁·霍尔尼斯在周五的新闻发布会上敦促居民认真对待威胁:“你们已经得到了足够的预警,知道(梅丽莎)正在来临且可能造成灾难,因此请采取一切措施保护自己。”

梅丽莎在加勒比海温暖水域上的缓慢移动为其快速增强创造了有利条件。气象预报员预测,风暴可能在周日下午达到四级飓风强度,并有可能在周一晚或周二早些时候登陆牙买加前进一步增强至五级。

风暴的缓慢移动已带来问题。暴雨带本周大部分时间淹没了海地和多米尼加共和国,导致洪水和山体滑坡。海地民防局在声明中表示,风暴已造成至少三人死亡,其中两人死于山体滑坡。多米尼加共和国官员周五称,至少有一人死亡,超过1000人已撤离或流离失所。

预计风暴路径上的居民应完成准备工作并遵守当地当局的指示。美国本土预计不会直接受到梅丽莎的威胁。尽管如此,下周美国东海岸可能会出现大浪和离岸流。

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