Hurricane Melissa leaves dozens dead in trail of destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica

1/3 People walk through Santa Cruz, Jamaica, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, after Hurricane Melissa passed. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix), 2/3 Residents walk through Santa Cruz, Jamaica, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, after Hurricane Melissa passed. (AP...

Hurricane Melissa kills at least 25 in Haiti, leaves path of destruction in Jamaica and Cuba

Open this photo in gallery:A woman stands at the entrance of her makeshift home during heavy rains brought by the outer bands of Hurricane Melissa, at a shelter housing Haitians displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince.Claudia Daut/Reuters...

HURRICANE MELISSA SLAMS JAMAICA, RAGES ON TO CUBA (4AMET)

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Hurricane Melissa leaves 25 dead in Haiti, causes widespread damage in Jamaica and Cuba

Flooding from Hurricane Melissa killed 25 people in Haiti while the storm still churned across Cuba on Wednesday (October 28, 2025) after leaving Jamaica with widespread damage and power outages, officials say. Jean Bertrand Subrème, mayor of the...

Hurricane Melissa Makes Cuba Landfall After Lashing Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba less than a day after it became the strongest recorded storm to strike Jamaica, where it left hundreds of thousands without power and forced hospitals to evacuate. Melissa crossed the coast in eastern Cuba...

Scoop: Pro-Trump conservative grandson of Cuban refugees launches bid for Congress in Wisconsin

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE — Michael Alfonso, the grandson of Cuban refugees who fled communism and who helped pay his way through college...

Hurricane Melissa tracker: Where will storm head next after devastating Cuba and Jamaica?

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Hurricane Melissa slams Cuba after leaving trail of ruin in Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa slammed into Cuba early on Wednesday, hours after causing devastation in neighboring Jamaica as the strongest-ever storm on record to hit that Caribbean island nation. Melissa hit the southern coast of eastern Cuba with maximum...

Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Cuba after devastating Jamaica

HAVANA A downgraded Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba on Wednesday after ripping a path of destruction across Jamaica, which authorities have designated a "disaster area." The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Melissa, which it described...

Cuba expresses solidarity with Colombia over US sanctions

Cuba warns that the US carrier deployment in the Caribbean risks destabilizing the region, as Havana reaffirms its support for Colombia and regional sovereignty. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has voiced strong support for Colombian President...

Iran demands end to ‘immoral’ US sanctions on Cuba

Iran has demanded that the US sanctions on Cuba must be lifted “immediately and unconditionally,” condemning the “unlawful measures rooted in arrogance” for inflicting severe harm on ordinary citizens. Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran’s Ambassador and...

Cuba to host meeting on African Heritage

The event is organized by the Municipal Directorate of Culture of the Havana municipality of Plaza de la Revolucion, the Afro-Descendant Neighborhood Network, the Culture Ministry (MINCULT), and the Cuban Association of the United Nations (ACNU),...

After pummelling Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in eastern Cuba

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba near the city of Chivirico early Wednesday as a Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Hundreds of...

Jamaica’s strongest-ever storm turns to Cuba

Hurricane Melissa churned toward Cuba's second-largest city with the force of a powerful Category 4 storm on Tuesday, hours after making landfall in neighboring Jamaica as the strongest-ever cyclone on record to hit that Caribbean island nation....

Hundreds of thousands evacuated to shelters as 120mph winds hit Cuba; extensive damage in Jamaica

Hundreds of thousands evacuated to shelters as 120mph winds hit CubaHundreds of thousands of people had been evacuated to shelters in Cuba, reports the Associated Press (AP). A hurricane warning is in effect for the provinces of Granma, Santiago...

Still 'extremely dangerous': Downgraded Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Cuba

Hurricane Melissa has battered eastern Cuba after leaving Jamaica in ruins, striking the island with powerful winds and torrential rain as authorities raced to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people. A downgraded Hurricane Melissa made landfall...

Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Cuba, over 700,000 evacuated

By&nbspJerry Fisayo-Bambi&nbspwith&nbspAP Published on 29/10/2025 - 9:32 GMT+1 Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba early Wednesday with 193 kph winds after battering Jamaica as one of the Atlantic's strongest recorded hurricanes,...

Group calls on African states to vote against economic blockade on Cuba

The AfriKan Continental Union Consult (ACUC) has called on African states to vote firmly once again against the United States economic blockade on Cuba. In a statement signed by Dr. Benjamin Anyagre Aziginaateeg, the Chief Executive Officer of...

Cuba denounces the use of cyberspace as a theater of aggression

The justice minister emphasized that this kind of action must be categorically rejected by the international community, and added that speaking of an effective and equitable fight against cybercrime without denouncing the impact of unilateral...

Jamaica assessing damage as Hurricane Melissa takes aim at Cuba

Officials in Jamaica are starting the process of assessing the damage caused by Hurricane Melissa today after the storm ripped across the island yesterday. Words like catastrophic, devastating and apocalyptic are being used to describe the damage...