The National Hurricane Center's 10 a.m. Friday update reported that Category 1 Hurricane Melissa is in the Atlantic Ocean, 255 miles north of Bermuda. Packing maximum sustained winds of 90 mph, the hurricane is tracking to the northeast at 41 mph. Melissa is forecast to become an extratropical cyclone.

Today, Today, several developments occurred. Melissa changed into hurricane, before turning into a Category 5 hurricane. Then, it weakened to a Category 4 hurricane and eventually became a Category 3 hurricane before being downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 125 mph.

The National Hurricane Center's 1 p.m. Thursday update reported that Category 2 Hurricane Melissa is in the Atlantic Ocean, 605 miles southwest of Bermuda and 295 miles northeast of the Central Bahamas. The hurricane is moving north-northeast at 21 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph.

Search and rescue efforts stretch into a third day after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic storms on record. Nearly a half million people on the island remain without power.

Reuters reported 19 total deaths in Jamaica, caused by the devastating Hurricane Melissa, as of October 30. The category 5 storm wreaked havoc on the Caribbean island this week, leaving

Article last updated: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 1 a.m. ET

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