Melissa is expected to weaken a little while crossing. Forecasters said the storm will turn northeast and cross southeastern Cuba Tuesday night as a major hurricane and reach the southeastern Bahamas as a hurricane of Category 2 strength Wednesday.

Volunteers from the United Cajun Navy have been on the ground helping in Jamaica since Hurricane Melissa moved through.

Hurricane Melissa now holds a place in Atlantic basin record books as one of the most powerful tropical cyclones to develop and make landfall. The storm became a hurricane at 11 a.m. Saturday with peak winds of 75 mph. Just 24 hours later, the storm's strength had nearly doubled with eyewall winds estimated at 140 mph.

NOAA says La Niña has officially arrived, bringing cooler waters in the Pacific Ocean that could impact the hurricane and winter seasons.

Hurricane Melissa's death toll has risen after the storm left a trail of destruction in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba — and now heads for the Bahamas.

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana and U.S. flags were ordered to be flown at half-staff Friday for the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Gov. Jeff Landry proclaimed Aug. 29, 2025, as Hurricane Katrina Remembrance Day. He and First Lady ...