Mass evacuations in Cuba as Hurricane Melissa leaves Jamaica a disaster zone

SBS News In Depth
29/10/2025 4 min
Mass evacuations in Cuba as Hurricane Melissa leaves Jamaica a disaster zone

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Hurricane Melissa is regathering strength as it makes way towards Cuba, where mass evacuations are taking place. Jamaica has officially been declared a disaster zone after Melissa swept through as a Category Five storm, weakening to a Category Four. The Caribbean disaster has left at least seven people dead with casualties reported in Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

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