Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba near the city of Chivirico early Wednesday as a Category 3 storm after striking Jamaica on Tuesday as the strongest Category 5 to ever hit the island.

As of the 11 a.m. update, Hurricane Melissa is a Category 2 storm with sustained winds of 100 mph, moving north-northeast at 14 mph.

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for the Southeastern and Central Bahamas. Over the Southeast Bahamas, storm total rainfall of 5 to 10 inches are expected through today, which will result in areas of flash flooding. For the Turks and Caicos, rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are expected. Heavy rain may begin to affect Bermuda Thursday night.

There is a potential for significant storm surge along the southeast coast of Cuba early today. Peak storm surge heights

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