The National Hurricane Center is keeping a close eye on Tropical Storm Melissa, which is expected to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane.

Tropical Storm Sonia is churning in the Pacific Ocean and isn’t threatening land. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm formed over the weekend and on Monday was about 965 miles southwest of the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula.

TRACKING THE TROPICS  Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to become a major hurricane as it moves closer to Jamaica and Hispaniola. See the latest track.

Tropical Storm Melissa is likely to undergo rapid intensification and grow into a powerful Category 4 hurricane.

Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to strengthen into a hurricane, threatening the northern Caribbean with massive rainfall and life-threatening flooding

Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to bring catastrophic flash flooding and landslides to parts of the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica.

As Tropical Storm Iota barrels toward Central America, eight people were killed or reported missing in a landslide in Guatemala, authorities said on Saturday, in the latest disaster triggered by this year's unprecedented hurricane season.

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 tropical depression spotted 1,690 east of Northeastern Mindanao may enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility this weekend and eventually become a super typhoon, the state weather bureau said on Tuesday.

Threats against indigenous people and rainforests have risen during the coronavirus pandemic as governments have rolled back social and environmental safeguards to boost economic growth, land rights activists said on Thursday.