Cuba and other Caribbean nations have been lashed by Hurricane Melissa, with dozens of people dead. Photo: AP PHOTO

Hurricane Melissa has barrelled through the Caribbean after thrashing Cuba's second-biggest city, isolating hundreds of rural communities, unleashing devastation in Jamaica and drenching Haiti, where at least 25 people were killed.

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Melissa struck Jamaica on Tuesday as the strongest-ever hurricane to directly hit its shores, with sustained winds of 298km/h, well above the minimum strength for a category five, the strongest classification for hurricanes.

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