Hurricane Melissa is already a history-making storm, landing on all-time lists for strongest Atlantic Basin hurricanes and soon for landfalls. The strongest hurricanes in Atlantic Basin history span from the Great Depression to present day.

Now, as a weakened category 2 storm, there have been some impacts felt in the Bahamas, with Melissa tracking toward Bermuda on Thursday. Beyond that, as can be fairly typical, Melissa will weaken so that it will no longer be a hurricane or tropical storm as it moves into the North 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.

The impacts of Hurricane Melissa were not only felt in Jamaica but also affected people here in Eastern North Carolina. Local Chief of Run A Boat Jamaican Kitchen restaurant, Robert Lindsay, is a native of the island and has family and friends still living back home.