Hurricane Melissa had weakened some by Wednesday morning after hitting eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm with sustained winds of roughly 120 mph, bringing life-threatening flooding, landslides and dangerous winds to the island a day after it bombarded Jamaica .

Hundreds of thousands of people had evacuated to shelters in Cuba as officials warned the hurricane could still pose a threat.

Melissa was expected to pass through Cuba Wednesday morning and continue accelerating as it heads for the central and southeastern Bahamas later in the day, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Residents of portions of the Bahamas were advised to take shelter.

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There is no threat to Louisiana or the Gulf Coast.

As of 7 a.m. Wednesday, Melissa was 45 miles nort

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