Hurricane Melissa is battering the Bahamas with “damaging winds and flooding rains” after killing at least 34 people across Jamaica, Cuba, and Haiti.The death toll has continued to rise as the hurricane,

The WXII 12 First Warning Weather Team is monitoring Hurricane Melissa is pulling away from the central and southern Bahamas. The winds have picked up since Wednesday and the storm has grown in size.

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.

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 cut through the southeast Bahamas Wednesday and is expected to pass just west of Bermuda by late Thursday.

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.

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Hurricane Melissa left dozens dead and widespread destruction across Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti on Wednesday, and it continued on to pass through the Bahamas as a weakened 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.