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causing massive flooding, landslides, and power outages.
Parts of Cuba, the southeast Bahamas, and Turks and Caicos are also being warned of potential impacts this week.
Forecasters say the storm could continue to intensify before making landfall in the coming days.
Several deaths have already been reported in Haiti and the Dominican Republic due to flooding.
Authorities in Jamaica say they've activated hundreds of shelters and are warning residents of storm surge of up to 13 feet along parts of the coast.
The slow-moving hurricane is expected to drop as much as 40 inches of rain on the region over the coming days, causing massive flooding, landslides, and power outages.
Parts of Cuba, the southeast Bahamas, and Turks and Caicos are also being warned of potential impacts this week.
While a wind shear prevented Melissa from strengthening in recent days, that's now dropping off.
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say that, combined with warm Caribbean waters, will help fuel the storm as it moves north.
Residents of Jamaica and southwest Haiti are being warned to prepare for several feet of rain and damaging winds over the coming days.
Flash floods, mudslides, storm surge and power outages are also big concerns.
Flight Tracking Service FlightAware counted nearly 6,000 delays on Sunday.
Airports in Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, and Newark, among others, reported air traffic control short staffing as the cause to the Federal Aviation Administration.
As the government shutdown drags on, some 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 TSA officers are working without pay.
air traffic controllers says during longer shutdowns in the past, many workers had to take second jobs to cover household bills.
That's on top of a years-long problem with hiring in the field to meet the nation's demand.