Hurricane Melissa weakened to a Category 2 storm Wednesday afternoon after causing at least 36 deaths after hitting Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba since Tuesday.
Oct. 29 Hurricane Melissa weakened to a Category 2 storm on Wednesday afternoon after causing at least 36 deaths after hitting Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba during the past day.
Melissa was situated about 110 miles south-southeast of the central Bahamas and about 955 miles southwest of Bermuda, with sustained winds of 100 mph and moving to the northeast at 15 mph, the National Hurricane Center reported in its 2 p.m. EDT update.
Hurricane-force winds extend out about 40 miles from the eye of the storm, while tropical-storm-force winds extend out about 185 miles.
The NHC said a hurricane warning is in effect for the Cuban provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo, Holguin and Las Tunas.
A tropical storm warning is in effect for Haiti, the Cuban province of Camaguey and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
