Tropical storm Melissa has become a category one hurricane.

The speed of tropical storm Melissa has increased to 150 km/h, which makes it possible to classify it as a hurricane of the first category. This is evidenced by data posted by the National Hurricane Monitoring Center of the USA (NHC).

"Melissa is becoming a hurricane and it is expected to rapidly strengthen to a major hurricane by the end of the week...> The maximum sustained wind speed has increased to almost 150 km/h," the article says.

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