Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica
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Hurricane Melissa has caused severe flooding and storm surge in Cuba after leaving Jamaica with power outages and killing at least 40 people in Haiti
Jamaica faces massive infrastructure damage from Melissa — hospitals, roads and homes hit hard; emergency crews and the Jamaica Defense Force are delivering supplies.
Jamaica was slammed by gale‑force winds and torrential rain placing the Caribbean nation into a full‑blown humanitarian crisis
The scale of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa is emerging, with dozens of people known to have died in Haiti and four deaths reported in Jamaica - and the storm is now approaching the Bahamas.
According to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Melissa, now a Category 2 storm, is moving across eastern Cuba, bringing damaging winds, flash flooding and storm surge to the island after pummeling Jamaica. Melissa was located about 45 miles northwest of Guantanamo, Cuba.
Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica, was set to reopen to relief flights on Thursday, but not to commercial flights yet, so many tourists and Jamaicans were disappointed to have to turn back.