Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa and Category 5 storm
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The center of Hurricane Melissa is now about 150 miles northeast of the Bahamas, and impacts will continue to subside over the next several hours. Melissa maintains its category 2
Here's the status of Hurricane Melissa now. On Halloween morning, Melissa was about 255 miles north of Bermuda. It was recorded moving northeast at about 47 miles per hour, AccuWeather stated online. The storm is expected to move through the Atlantic Ocean, remaining too far offshore to impact New England.
Hurricane Melissa is expected to weaken into an extratropical cyclone on Friday, Oct. 31, the National Hurricane Center said.
Sunny and warm again today. Tracking rain for midweek with a cold front. Cooler to end the workweek. Mostly sunny to start today with clouds building in this afternoon to evening. Highs will reach the low 80s, about 5 degrees above normal for this time of ...
Be sure to stay weather aware over the next 48 hours as the threat of both severe storms and localized flash flooding increases late tonight. -Kristen Currie
Melissa tore through the Caribbean as one of the most powerful storms in history, slamming Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane earlier this week.