{"id":109948,"date":"2025-10-29T08:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T08:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/109948\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T08:08:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T08:08:07","slug":"hurricane-melissa-jamaica-declared-a-disaster-area-cuba-next-in-storms-path-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/109948\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Melissa: Jamaica declared \u2018a disaster area\u2019; Cuba next in storm\u2019s path &#8211; The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxPS3lURUJ2TXdSa1VWTVJWZWhtVlBYZGhiZWg2RW85RWJPVWFsLWlOWWlEYURBM2NWdHRKS29kNW5aaDBYbGQ5Q3lsbENLVW5LMHg0Z01memFZWHdqdHB2SkVqYjUxUnkxNk1JLVpEMi13OUFHQWNXSEllcnFFeXFsbFlXbjN3UDdlT0JybkN6WUp6THZGNEl5d3RHMnhOSFU0dnVmOUZ2VHFXWF8xRXVmS2UzZ1FQSWIwSUd0ZFdOVHBOM2JGUnFv?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hurricane Melissa: Jamaica declared \u2018a disaster area\u2019; Cuba next in storm\u2019s path<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMibEFVX3lxTE1ITlVzUXRBcnNaX2g3Rk56NU53UHZiam5fRWRUWlVnUlRMdnNDaHlEQnNQX1BLa1VPdmlyNmJRMm5UV29mcy1RQ0hja3RrYkl0QnNSS2h0Szh1eU05cm1EZllYUUxuWllmNE1OaA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Melissa weakens to category 3 before hitting Cuba<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiV0FVX3lxTE1mQmpiRW5ac00telpPTWRoN05GZ0JmalhZRWQ5RUNURGRXQmVFdjVhNXBFRWZ3dUxiOU1BbGhxOGx1RlIzSVlpNGFyRUtrMnBXT3dkY0FLNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch: Jamaica assess damage as Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0wFBVV95cUxOSUtrZXhYbmdNd0RIcTA5TkthNW11MERoNDItM2UxODVYMkEzcjlwQ0t5a1NIQUhxcU9pTXZxYzlNMnNxcU1YMUMyZWstZHA2blJwLU1pQWFYLVdYOXZtZ0NKTUlhYWRVTmZScUQxd0xTc0Q5RTBYbUZNZ2lKQ1YxeDlyWkhRQ09NMy0xR09YdjJXZEJ4UlY2XzhvTWZzQ0hJc1FvMEQwU3FWZncySzhwcHowNGZDOFp1OUlGbkgwSThtalJEUGxsN2RnNWlIRXRTUGc4?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018We had no warning\u2019: Britons sheltering from Hurricane Melissa criticise lack of travel alerts<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi7AFBVV95cUxNT0o5V0hZTGtmVlZZMTFLd0huV1M1STFrak5US18xcl9TTkdkZENwY3Ftel9fZF92cmIzUl91RXdCdGhhTlpnX0RsN1V3VTh6dTNiR3hTaWRDTFVjcEJ0eVQ3c1dzSlVBZ1hBNDBpbjdXUmdWSnlsV3psM29hWXVNV1dtaVM2QjVqZ1U0dVlOdF9fTzNBSzUwXzJDeGRwQVlkZHhsM3liUFZmVFBsM2p0em1jM3dnZnkweV9INDlsX3gtVmVEREJ0bTJ6anFzSE9sdW9CNFBtTkVXSElnSFhEWHlHR01PVFh2NFFVQg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hurricane Melissa: Jamaica braces for catastrophic winds and flooding as Category five storm approaches<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hurricane Melissa: Jamaica declared \u2018a disaster area\u2019; Cuba next in storm\u2019s path&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish TimesMelissa weakens to category 3&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2885,23169,42,43,40,38,41,39,18335],"class_list":{"0":"post-109948","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-climate-change","9":"tag-cuba","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-top-news","13":"tag-top-stories","14":"tag-topnews","15":"tag-topstories","16":"tag-weather-events"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}