Hurricane Melissa Hits Cuba
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It was a sleepless night in Cuba as Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Chivirico just after 3 a.m. Wednesday with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph. More than a half a million people were under mandatory evacuation orders,
Hurricane Melissa is now among the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record. The monster storm strengthened Tuesday before hitting Jamaica, bringing with it maximum sustained winds of 185 mph (295 kph).