El Cobre, Cuba, Oct 31, 2025 (AFP) - Melissa 'killed us' say Cubans, already in storm's eye

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2025-10-31

Damian Figueredo escaped the collapse of his house in eastern Cuba, ripped away by Hurricane Melissa, with only seconds to spare. "A few seconds later and it all would have fallen on top of me," he told AFP, surveying the ruins of his home in the town of El Cobre. Figueredo is grateful to be alive but like many on the Communist island, which was already limping through its worst economic crisis in three decades when Melissa slammed into it on Tue......

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