Bermuda is yet again under a hurricane threat this season as Hurricane Melissa is forecast to charge north, bringing dangerous winds and storm surge.

At least 40 dead as storm thrashes Bermuda and Caribbean nations assess damage - Bermuda closed down its schools and ferries ahead of the storm’s impact Thursday night

Hurricane Melissa continues its devastating path across the Atlantic with a dangerous storm surge forecast for Bermuda on Thursday.

After tearing through the Caribbean, leaving destruction, flooding and more than 50 deaths so far, Hurricane Melissa is heading into the Atlantic.

Melissa will bring heavy rain from the Mid-Atlantic to New England as it heads toward Bermuda and Canada. It leaves a trail of destruction in the Caribbean.

Swells generated by Melissa will continue affecting Hispaniola, Cuba, the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands during the next couple of days. These dangerous swells will spread toward Bermuda later today, creating life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.

Hurricane Melissa moves toward Bermuda after more than 30 die across Caribbean More than 30 deaths are being attributed to the storm across Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, according to officials.

Melissa was a Category 2 storm with sustained winds of 105 mph as of 7 a.m. Thursday and a hurricane warning was in effect in Bermuda. Melissa was 605 miles west of Bermuda, moving north-northeast at 21 mph. There is no threat to Louisiana or the Gulf Coast.

The hurricane that tore through the Caribbean this week broke records, rapidly intensifying and surprising some meteorologists.