Last night hurricane Melissa rolled over parts of the Bahamas. It was a category 2. Now it is moving away from that island chain. Enhanced Satellite: Melissa It did cause a lot of destruction over

Hurricane Melissa is currently a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph as it's "starting to accelerate northeastward over the Bahamas," the National Hurricane Center said.

Hurricane Melissa is making its way over the Bahamas after lashing Cuba and carving a deadly swath of destruction in Jamaica and Haiti.

Hurricane Melissa, weakened to a Category 2 storm, was moving away from the Bahamas into the southwestern Atlantic Ocean early Thursday, after battering the Caribbean over the last few days.

Murdaugh: Death in the Family unravels the series of events that ended with the deaths of a 19-year-old and the influential lawyer Alex Murdaugh being sentenced guilty of his wife and son's murder.

Melissa began affecting the southeastern Bahamas on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Authorities in the Bahamas were evacuating dozens of people from the archipelago’s southeast corner ahead of Melissa’s arrival as a Category 1 storm.

FOX Weather Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross provides his exclusive analysis tracking Hurricane Melissa as it heads towards the Bahamas and then Bermuda. Norcross says this historic hurricane had near record breaking winds when it crossed Jamaica resulting in high storm surge and flooding.

A cut-off low sitting over the Tennessee Valley brought clouds and scattered showers to the southern half of Indiana Wednesday. Light rain fell along I-70, with little to no rain farther north.