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Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica, was set to reopen to relief flights on Thursday, but not to commercial flights yet, so many tourists and Jamaicans were disappointed to have to turn back.
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Hurricane Melissa cut through the southeast Bahamas Wednesday and is expected to pass just west of Bermuda by late Thursday.
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Hurricane Melissa slammed into eastern Cuba on Wednesday, leaving behind widespread flooding, power outages and heavy damage — and sparking concern among Cuban Americans in South Florida.
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Hurricane Melissa made landfall as a Category 3 storm on Wednesday in eastern Cuba.
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A drone recorded video of destruction on Wednesday in southwestern Jamaica’s St. Elizabeth parish.
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As the cleanup started on Wednesday in southwest Jamaica, fallen trees and debris blocked roads in Montego Bay. Hotels and homes were damaged. Bus stops destroyed.
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Hurricane Melissa, which devastated western Jamaica as one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded, briefly restrengthened between Jamaica and Cuba late Tuesday before making a second landfall shortly after 3 a.m. ET Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane about 40 miles west of Santiago de Cuba – the country’s second most populous city – in eastern Cuba.
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The Greater Good Charities, a Seattle-based nonprofit with a location in Wilton Manors, was ready to help Jamaicans after Hurricane Melissa.
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Desmond McKenzie, Jamaica’s local government minister, said on Wednesday morning that rescuers were helping people who were trapped on roofs after Hurricane Melissa caused flooding.