Hurricane Melissa is moving quickly away from Bermuda and is expected to become extratropical on Friday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Melissa is currently located approximately 255 miles north of Bermuda. It has maximum sustained winds of 90 mph and a minimum central pressure of 973 millibars.

The major hurricane hit Cuba early Wednesday morning and slammed Jamaica on Tuesday afternoon. It made landfall in the city of Chivirico in the Cuban province of Santiago de Cuba with sustained winds of 100 mph.

Melissa made landfall in southwestern Jamaica near New Hope with estimated maximum sustained winds of 185 mph and an estimated minimum central pressure of 892 mb, the National Hurricane Center said.

It was one of the strongest storms in the Atlantic Basin ever recorded.

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