{"id":257296,"date":"2025-10-28T20:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T20:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/257296\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T20:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T20:49:11","slug":"hurricane-melissa-makes-landfall-in-jamaica-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/257296\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica: Live updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2243374797.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1280,c_fill\/f_avif\" alt=\"A woman reacts as she and other residents are evacuated from Playa Siboney in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, on October 28.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmhaxzxqo0008356owykx471m@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            About 168,900 people have been evacuated in Santiago de Cuba, the island\u2019s second-most populated province, as Hurricane Melissa approaches, according to Cuban officials.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmhaxzxqo0009356o0h8ukzzt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Authorities are prioritizing high-risk areas in the province, including coastal and mountain communities, settlements near rivers, and areas downstream of reservoirs, Beatriz Johnson Urrutia, the First Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmhay1yl1000d356ooyk21i4u@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On Tuesday afternoon, police announced a curfew in the provincial capital, telling people to stay indoors until the storm passes.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmhaxzxqo000a356orclxubq0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Santiago de Cuba, one of five Cuban provinces under a hurricane warning, is expected to experience the worst conditions from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning, with peak wind gusts reaching 100 to 120 mph.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmhaxzxqo000b356o8vgpqhc2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Cuba\u2019s energy ministry says it will disconnect three thermal power plants in the east, where the storm is expected to strike.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmhaxzob20001356ona485dbp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Damage and heavy rain from Melissa will likely further compound Cuba\u2019s problems, including dire power shortages, economic instability and an epidemic of the disease dengue, which is carried by mosquitoes.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"About 168,900 people have been evacuated in Santiago de Cuba, the island\u2019s second-most populated province, as Hurricane 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