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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.
The hurricane that tore through the Caribbean this week broke records, rapidly intensifying and surprising some meteorologists.
Hurricane Melissa continued its northeastward journey past the Bahamas and toward Bermuda on Thursday, October 30, satellite imagery shows.The National Hurricane Center (NHC) confirmed Melissa was a Category 2 hurricane as of 2 pm on Thursday afternoon.