Hurricane Melissa LIVE Updates: Hurricane Melissa now Category 4 storm as it moves toward Cuba after Jamaica hit with flooding | World News
Waves splash in Kingston, Jamaica, as Hurricane Melissa approaches. (AP Photo)
Hurricane Melissa Live Updates: Hurricane Melissa, which made its landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday with a sustained wind speed of 185 mph and a Category 5 storm, has become the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean island since records were first kept 174 years ago. In southwestern Jamaica, the parish of St. Elizabeth has gone “underwater” while the hurricane’s eye is now turning northwards with an expected landfall in Cuba early Wednesday morning, where the impact of the storm can already be seen.
Rescue efforts in Jamaica after record storm: Floodwaters submerged the streets of Kingston and several other towns in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in the Caribbean island. At least three families were stuck in their home amid flood in the community of Black River in western Jamaica. Due to dangerous conditions, emergency crews were unable to rescue them. Extensive damage was reported in the southwestern parish of St. Elizabeth, which according to Jamaica’s miner, “is underwater”.Story continues below this ad
Tracking Melissa: Hurricane Melissa, which had earlier weakened to a Category 3 storm, has again strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane with 130 mph sustained winds as it nears southeastern Cuba, according to the National Hurricane Center. The centre of the hurricane is about 110 miles southwest of Guantanamo, moving northeast at 9 mph. The core of the storm would cross eastern Cuba during early hours of Wednesday.
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