Hurricane Melissa impacting southeastern Bahamas
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Hurricane Melissa, a powerful and slow-moving storm, wreaked havoc on Jamaica and Cuba as it passed over the islands Tuesday and Wednesday. In Santiago de Cuba, Reinaldo Charon was one of the few people who went outside on Wednesday morning after Hurricane Melissa tore through the eastern part of the island.
Melissa is an “extremely dangerous” Category 3 hurricane as it closes in on Cuba after the storm made a historic landfall in Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. Follow for live updates.
Hurricane Melissa was bearing down on the Bahamas on Wednesday after carving a destructive path through the Caribbean, leaving at least 30 people dead or missing in Haiti and widespread devastation across Jamaica and Cuba.