Hurricane Melissa is slamming eastern Cuba on Wednesday morning, Oct. 29, after hammering Jamaica on Tuesday and causing widespread damage.

The hurricane center said in a 5 a.m. ET advisory on Oct. 27 Melissa was located about 130 miles south-southwest of Kingston, Jamaica with maximum sustained winds near 160 mph with higher gusts.

Hurricane Melissa is a powerful Category 5 storm with 175 mph winds approaching Jamaica. The storm is forecast to bring catastrophic impacts to islands in the northern Caribbean. Life-threatening ...

Hurricane Melissa is forecast to bring damaging winds, flooding rains and dangerous storm surge to portions of Cuba and the Bahamas after slamming Jamaica with catastrophic flash flooding and ...

Hurricane Melissa has strengthened into a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean. The hurricane is expected to bring destructive winds, rain, and flooding to Jamaica. At least four deaths in Haiti and the ...

Melissa is forecast to become a hurricane by Saturday, Oct. 25, and a major hurricane by Sunday, Oct. 26, the Hurricane Center said. Current forecasts predict Melissa will be a Category 4 storm early ...