Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba
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Hurricane Melissa is making its way over the Bahamas after lashing Cuba and carving a deadly swath of destruction in Jamaica and Haiti.
Category 5 Hurricane Melissa has made landfall already in Jamaica and Cuba, as one of the strongest hurricanes to ever make landfall.
Native of Cuba in Port St. Lucie last spoke to sister there Oct. 28 before Hurricane Melissa struck the island.
Most of Jamaica remains without power, as our correspondent reports floods, mudslides and "palm trees tossed like toothpicks".
Hurricane Melissa barreled into Jamaica on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm with some of the fastest winds and strongest intensities ever recorded. The storm blew through the Caribbean island’s southwestern coast,