US EditionHurricane Melissa Barrels Through Caribbean, Accelerates Towards Bermuda
Hurricane Melissa caused catastrophic flooding and power outages, with 27 confirmed deaths and over 735,000 evacuated in Cuba, officials said.
- This year, Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica as a Category 5 storm with winds around 295 kilometres per hour and later hit eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm with winds about 195 kilometres per hour, causing at least 27 deaths across Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba.
- Meteorologists say Melissa's explosive strength was driven by unusually warm Caribbean waters and slow movement, a pattern increasingly linked to climate change this year.
- The Jamaica Defence Force has been deployed as infrastructure collapsed in St Elizabeth parish, roughly 77 per cent of electricity customers lost power, and bridges and roads along the southern coast are impassable.
- Cuban authorities evacuated at least 735,000 people from vulnerable areas in eastern Cuba, while UN Resident Coordinator Dennis Zulu said relief is mobilising from Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago.
- Forecasters warn the Atlantic hurricane season still has weeks to run, and Melissa's trajectory now pushes toward the Bahamas and possibly Bermuda this year.
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Hurricane Melissa barrels through Caribbean, accelerates towards Bermuda
By Dave Sherwood and Zahra Burton Item 1 of 10 Black River, Jamaica. REUTERS/Octavio Jones [1/10] Black River, Jamaica. REUTERS/Octavio Jones Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab HAVANA/KINGSTON/PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Hurricane Melissa tore through the northern Caribbean and was seen picking up speed as it churned across open ocean towards Bermuda on Thursday, leaving a trail of high winds and destruction from Jamaica to Cuba an…
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The devastation from Hurricane Melissa came into focus after the record-setting storm moved past Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba with at least 33 deaths and almost $8 billion of damage in its wake. Across the Caribbean, the storm’s powerful winds have…
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Dozens dead as Melissa rakes Jamaica and Cuba
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba — Hurricane Melissa left dozens dead and widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, where roofless homes, toppled utility poles and water-logged furniture dominated the landscape Wednesday.
Hurricane Melissa update: Record-breaking storm devastates Caribbean nations—33 killed, damages touch $8 billion
Hurricane Melissa has devastated several Caribbean nations, resulting in 33 fatalities and causing $8 billion in damage. Cuba, Jamaica, and Haiti have suffered significant destruction, with over 25,000 people seeking shelter in Jamaica as recovery efforts began.
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