At least 40 dead in Hurricane Melissa
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SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) — The rumble of large machinery, whine of chain saws and chopping of machetes echoed through communities across the northern Caribbean on Thursday as they dug out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa and surveyed the damage left behind.
The Cuban Institute of Meteorology's Forecast Center announced Tropical Cyclone Alert No. 3 for Tropical Storm Melissa early Wednesday, October 22.
Tropical Storm Ian continued strengthening in the eastern Caribbean on Saturday — forecast to become a powerful Category 4 hurricane as it nears Cuba, then threatens Florida next week. Cuba has issued hurricane and tropical storm watches in anticipation.
Anti-government demonstrators march in Havana, Cuba, on July 11, 2021 to protest against food shortages and high prices. Ismael Francisco AP Life in Cuba is becoming unbearable. The U.S. State Department confirmed it last week, releasing a human-rights ...
KINGSTON (Reuters) -At least 19 people died as a result from Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica, the country's information minister told Reuters, bringing the total confirmed death toll from the storm to at least 44.