The National Hurricane Center's 5 a.m. Thursday update reported that Category 2 Hurricane Melissa is in the Atlantic Ocean, 215 miles northeast of the Central Bahamas and 685 miles southwest of Bermuda. The hurricane is moving north-northeast at 21 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph.

After tearing through the Caribbean, leaving destruction, flooding and more than 50 deaths so far, Melissa has lost power heading into the Atlantic.

Hurricane Melissa has left at least 34 dead in the Caribbean: eight in Jamaica, one in the Dominican Republican and 25 in Haiti, a lower total from an earlier count of 40. The number of reported deaths in Haiti often fluctuates early on following major natural disasters.

The National Hurricane Center's 8 a.m. Wednesday update reported that Category 2 Hurricane Melissa is 45 miles northwest of Guantanamo Cuba and 205 miles south of the Central Bahamas. The hurricane is moving to the north-northeast at 14 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph.

Hurricane Melissa roared into Montego Bay in Jamaica, leaving behind severe damage captured in a series of videos on social media. The hurricane was a Category 5 storm when it made landfall in Jamaica before weakening slightly and heading toward Cuba on October 28. Videos showed flooding in Montego ...

Melissa made its first landfall on Tuesday in southwest Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 hurricane with 185 mph winds. The hurricane center said Melissa was a Category 2 storm on Wednesday morning as it prepared to emerge off the northern coast of Cuba and into the southwestern Atlantic.

According to the National Hurricane Center's 8 a.m. Tuesday advisory, Category 5 Hurricane Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 55 miles south-southeast of Negril Jamaica and 265 miles southwest of Guantanamo Cuba. With maximum sustained winds of 175 mph, the hurricane is moving to the north-northeast at 7 mph.