Follow live updates on Hurricane Melissa as the death toll reaches 38 people. Recovery efforts are underway in Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.

TAMPA, Fla. - Hurricane Melissa is now a Category 2 hurricane that will soon pass by the tiny island of Bermuda. Melissa is moving quickly to the northeast at 24 mph and will not threaten the United States. While the storm will not be making landfall in Bermuda, the small island remains under an active Hurricane Warning.

Hurricane Melissa brought hurricane-force gusts to Bermuda overnight and will weaken as it heads north, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Maps show its forecast path.

At least five people have been killed on the island nation after the powerful category 5 storm hit earlier this week, with at least 20 left dead in Haiti.

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 National Hurricane Center's 4 a.m. Friday update reported that Category 2 Hurricane Melissa is in the Atlantic Ocean, 160 miles west-northwest of Bermuda. The hurricane is moving northeast at 38 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph.

Cuba worked on Friday to rescue residents still stranded by unprecedented floodwaters in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, including a flooded river that had cut off one of the country's most important east-west thoroughfares.