Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba early Wednesday as a Category 3 storm, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm made landfall near Santiago de Cuba with winds near 120 mph. Melissa is moving quickly away from Bermuda and is expected to become an extratropical cyclone later today.

Forecasters warned residents of Jamaica to "seek shelter now," as Melissa, a Category 5 hurricane, neared landfall on the Caribbean island nation early Monday.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has yet to indicate that it is monitoring a significant storm forming along the East Coast, and AccuWeather chief meteorologist Jon Porter warned that delaying giving the storm a name could make it "too late" to save lives and property once it arrives.

The National Hurricane Center is tracking a tropical wave in the Caribbean Sea. Here's what to know about whether it will impact the U.S.

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Norcross and Brennan discuss how Hurricane Melissa may even be more historic than previously thought, and what's next for the storm as it races to swing by Bermuda.

The hurricane that tore through the Caribbean this week broke records, rapidly intensifying and surprising some meteorologists.

(Photo: A person walks down a street affected by Hurricane Melissa; in Santa Cruz, Jamaica, 30 October 2025. Credit: Orlando Barría/EPA/Shutterstock)