Hurricane Melissa was hitting eastern Cuba hard early Wednesday after slamming Jamaica as a Category 5 storm. Maps show its forecast path.

Melissa is now headed for the North Atlantic while losing tropical characteristics becoming a large post-tropical ocean storm that will only slowly wind down into early next week. Microwave satellite imagery from CIMSS (Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies):

The warming of the world’s oceans caused by climate change helped double Hurricane Melissa’s wind speed in less than 24 hours over the weekend,

As Melissa accelerates northeastward over the western Atlantic, its next encounter will be with the southeastern part of Newfoundland packing torrential rain, high winds and heavy seas.

Tropical Storm Jerry formed over the central Atlantic Ocean Tuesday and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane this week.

Melissa is now moving across the Atlantic Ocean as a category 2 hurricane, and is now pushing closely towards the Bermuda Island. The core of this storm will move just west of the island, but there is currently a hurricane warning is in effect for the island as heavy rainfall,

Hurricane Melissa brought hurricane-force gusts to Bermuda as it sped toward the British territory, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, then hurried past. Maps show its forecast path.

At least 34 people are reported to have died, including 10 children, following Hurricane Melissa’s wreckage in Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba. The storm hit Jamaica as a Category 5 and continued on its path across the Atlantic Ocean,

A new tropical storm has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, but it will likely follow the pattern of other storms that have stayed mostly out to sea, forecasts show.

The storm is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane as it moves northwest across the Atlantic Ocean over the next few days.

Reeves was closely monitoring the conditions Thursday. He says many homes are now at risk after most of the beach was lost and several feet of dunes were wiped away two weeks ago, when a strong nor'easter battered many shore towns. Strathmere declared a state of emergency.