Hurricane Melissa weakened to a Category 2 storm Wednesday afternoon after causing at least 36 deaths after hitting Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba since Tuesday.

The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said the Category 4 was packing maximum winds of about 145 miles per hour – and would likely intensify into a top-level Category 5 storm…

Melissa is forecast to make landfall on the island Tuesday and cross Cuba and the Bahamas through Wednesday.