Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm, one of the strongest hurricanes the island has faced since records began in 1851, reports CNN. The storm battered the entire region, leaving behind a trail of destruction before weakening to a Category 4 system near mountain areas. Although it has lost some strength as it heads toward Cuba, where it could make landfall around midnight, it still poses a great threat.

Hurricane Melissa devastates Jamaica, heads toward Cuba

In Jamaica, Melissa made landfall near New Hope on the region’s southern coast, with winds recorded at 185 mph (298 kph), the same as the intensity of Hurricane Dorian, which devastated the Bahamas in 2019. The US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) warned that “total structural failure is likely ne

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