Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica
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The National Hurricane Center said this morning that Hurricane Melissa made landfall on the southern coast of Cuba as an "extremely dangerous" Category 3 storm, with winds of 120 mph. The storm hit near the city of Chivirico in the Cuban province of Santiago de Cuba.
The latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center is out, and forecasters say Hurricane Melissa is continuing to weaken after the catastrophic storm made landfall in Cuba, just hours after slamming into Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 185 mph.