Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica and Santiago de cuba
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On Saturday a Boeing 737 Charter flight from Cuba had problems on the runway after landing causing it to leave the runway and become disabled on the taxiway according to The Lee County Port Authority.
Last week, regularly-scheduled commercial flights between the U.S. and Cuba took off for the first time in more than fifty years. Now, a bipartisan pair of senators has submitted legislation to ground those planes over what they say are airport security ...
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Cuba Evacuates 735,000 People as Monster Storm Approaches After Obliterating Jamaica
When Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica, it shattered nearly two centuries of weather records, unleashing a force so extreme that even the island’s most resilient buildings stood little chance.
Hurricane Melissa is now hammering Cuba with its powerful winds and epic rainfall after chasing more than 700,000 people into evacuation shelters. Meanwhile, in Jamaica, we're starting to slowly get fuzzy details about just how bad the damage was, a sign of the situation's severity.
More than half a million people were evacuated in Cuba, according to President Miguel Díaz-Canel, and forecasters said the Category 3 storm would unleash significant damage in Santiago de Cuba and nearby areas.
Hurricane Melissa was grinding across Cuba on Wednesday as a Category 2 storm after pummelling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
The DOT's order restores Obama administration-era policies for flying between the U.S. and Cuba that were rolled back in late 2019 and early 2020. Photo Credit: Den Rozhnovsky/Shutterstock The Transportation Department has reauthorized commercial and ...
WASHINGTON — In a major letdown to local leaders who wanted to see flights from D.C. to Cuba, the U.S. Department of Transportation has decided to leave local airports off a list of places that are authorized to offer flights to Havana. Under the ...
The Orlando International Airport will start offering passenger flights to Cuba, officials said.Airport officials said MCO applied in 2011 for government permission to authorize flights between the United States and Cuba after the U.S. Customs and Border ...
Key West Airport has asked that the U.S. government include it among airports authorized for travel to Cuba, according to Treasury Department officials. Cape Air, a Massachusetts-based carrier that serves Key West and Fort Myers, said it could provide ...
The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Melissa has begun affecting the southeastern Bahamas SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba — Melissa began affecting the southeastern Bahamas on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.