Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba near the city of Chivirico early Wednesday as a Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica.

The rare highest-strength storm is set to hit Jamaica by Tuesday, having already caused two deaths in Haiti.

Storm could intensify further, threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti

Melissa is forecast to make landfall on the island Tuesday and cross Cuba and the Bahamas through Wednesday.

Hurricane Melissa has been upgraded to a Category 5 storm, with destructive winds, storm surge, and catastrophic flooding expected to intensify in Jamaica, the National Hurricane…

Melissa has strengthened into a major Category 5 storm. Here's what that means.

La tempesta, dopo aver investito la Giamaica con venti sui 290 km/h, ha perso di intensità mentre si dirige verso L'Avana: come seguire gli sviluppi in tempo reale grazie a…

With peak sustained winds of 175 mph and gusts exceeding 210 mph, Hurricane Melissa is forecast to be the strongest storm ever to strike Jamaica.

The record-breaking storm is barreling toward Jamaica

Slow-moving giant about to make landfall and will linger over the island before slamming into Cuba

Melissa, a strong Category 5 hurricane, was within hours of landfall on the Caribbean island nation of Jamaica early Tuesday.

Hurricane Melissa, a catastrophic Category 5 storm, makes landfall in Jamaica, threatening severe damage and widespread evacuations.

"There is no infrastructure in the region that can withstand a Category 5," Prime Minister Andrew Holness said. "The question now is the speed of recovery."

World Meteorological Organisation dubs slow-moving Melissa the ‘storm of the century’ as Cuba braces for impact.

Ora classificato come tempesta di categoria 3 “estremamente pericolosa”

Se espera que el ciclón, de categoría 5 en la escala Saffir-Simpson, avance hacia el oriente cubano tras impactar Jamaica

Reports of families trapped by floodwaters in Jamaica, as hurricane moves on to threaten Cuba’s second-largest city

La Habana ha puesto seis provincias de la isla en alerta y ha evacuado a 735.000 personas | Las autoridades jamaicanas temen que el temporal haya dejado víctimas e informan de…

La Habana ha puesto seis provincias de la isla en alerta y ha evacuado a 735.000 personas| El fenómeno presenta vientos de hasta 205 kilómetros por hora

The storm made landfall in the southwestern part of Jamaica with destructive winds and heavy rain

Lo ha dichiarato il National Hurricane Center (NHC) (ANSA)