JAKARTA - Hurricane Melissa hit Cuba, hours after causing damage in neighboring Jamaica. This storm is the strongest storm ever recorded hitting the Caribbean island nation.
Hurricane Melissa hit the southern coast of eastern Cuba with a maximum wind speed of 195 km/hour, according to the US National Storm Center (NHC).
About 735,000 people were evacuated from their homes in eastern Cuba as the storm approached, authorities said.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel previously warned the storm would cause "significant damage" and urged the public to comply with evacuation orders.
Hurricane Melissa has weakened to a dangerous Category 3 storm after hitting land near the southwestern city of New Hope in Jamaica on Tuesday, with sustained wind speeds of up to 185 mph, according to Miami-based weather forecasts.
Hurricane Category 5, the highest level on the Saffir-Simpson storm scale, carrying winds at a speed of more than 157 mph.
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In southwest Jamaica, St. parish. Elizabeth is submerged in "water," an official said, with more than 500,000 residents without electricity.
"The reports we have received so far include hospital damage, significant damage to residential, housing, and commercial property properties, as well as road infrastructure damage," Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness told CNN after the storm passed.
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