Hurricane Melissa, a massive and “extremely dangerous” storm roughly the size of Texas, is carving a path of destruction throughout the Caribbean, leaving at least seven dead and massive infrastructural damage in its wake. It swept across Cuba, making landfall as a Category 3 storm on Wednesday, causing severe flooding. About 735,000 people have been evacuated ahead of the storm’s arrival. Nicknamed the ‘storm of the century,’ it wreaked havoc on Jamaica after making landfall as the most powerful Category 5 system ever to hit the island. It destroyed entire towns, displacing thousands of people, and prompting the country’s prime minister to declare the whole island a “disaster zone.” “It will be a very difficult night for all of Cuba, but we are going to recover,” Cuban President Miguel Dí
‘Storm of the Century’ Hits Cuba After Devastating Jamaica
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