Tropical Storm Melissa forms in the Caribbean on path toward Haiti

MIAMI AP Tropical Storm Melissa formed in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday as forecasters warned that heavy rain flooding and strong winds could hit Haiti and Jamaica later this week The U S National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane watch for parts of Haiti while the Jamaican regime issued a tropical storm watch The storm on Tuesday morning was about miles kilometers south of Port Au Prince Haiti with maximum sustained winds of mph kph It was moving west at mph kph