Cuba, Oct 29, 2025 (AFP) - Caribbean reels from hurricane as homes, streets destroyed

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2025-10-29

Cubans waded through flooded houses Wednesday and authorities in Haiti reported 10 dead as Hurricane Melissa blasted across the Caribbean after devastating swaths of Jamaica. The storm made landfall in Cuba overnight, with the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) describing it as "extremely dangerous" even if starting to weaken. "It has been a very difficult early morning," Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said. "Extensive damage, and Hurricane Me......

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