After becoming the strongest hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season and leaving a trail of destruction in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba, Hurricane Melissa will become post-tropical Friday as it continues over open water, forecasters said.

As of 7 a.m. Friday, Melissa was 255 miles north of Bermuda and weakened to Category 1 hurricane with winds of 90 mph. Melissa was continuing its path northeast at 41 mph, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

The latest forecast track had Melissa becoming post-tropical later Friday and continuing northeast until it weakens to a tropical storm Saturday and dissipates by Wednesday.

Melissa was expected to pass near the south of the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland, Canada Friday night, bringing the potential of gusty winds and rains, fo

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