What to KnowHurricane Melissa struck Cuba Wednesday as a Category 2 storm, a day after hitting Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.Melissa was bringing damaging winds, flooding rains and dangerous storm surge to Cuba before it was expected to reach the Bahamas later Wednesday.Melissa was expected to remain a powerful hurricane when it moves across the Bahamas later Wednesday and passes near Bermuda on Thursday night, the NHC said.Melissa is the 13th named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season and the 5th hurricane. An average hurricane season generally produces 14 named storms and 7 hurricanes.
Hurricane Melissa made landfall on Cuba early Wednesday with catastrophic winds, flash flooding and storm surge expected on the island, forecasters said.
The destructive hurricane hit Jamaica Tuesday as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record.
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