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Hurricane melissa approaches eastern cuba
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Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, with winds up to 280 km/h, approaches eastern Cuba tonight, finding the region in extreme vulnerability due to blackouts, food shortages, and limited information. Residents report minimal preparations and rely more on social media than state media to track the storm. Flooding and heavy rains are expected in the eastern provinces.
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Hurricane Melissa threatens Cuba after Jamaica
The slow-moving Hurricane Melissa is rapidly intensifying toward Jamaica and then eastern Cuba, with winds of 140 mph. Jamaican authorities have ordered evacuations, while Cuba grapples with prior crises of power outages and shortages. Catastrophic flooding and landslides are expected in the region.
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Hurricane Melissa causes major damage in eastern Cuba without fatalities
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Hurricane Melissa struck eastern Cuba, causing major damage but no reported deaths, after evacuating over 700,000 people. The storm, one of the most powerful in the Atlantic, left a trail of destruction across the Caribbean with at least 34 total fatalities. The Pan American Health Organization is now sending humanitarian aid to support response efforts in affected areas.
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In an opinion piece, Cuban chronicler Eduardo N. Cordovi Hernández compares current living conditions in Cuba to the Stone Age, highlighting the absence of modern amenities. He describes a neighborhood where people feel it's the end of the world and cites UN data on isolated populations. A friend jokes that in some parts of Cuba, people dream of being rediscovered by civilization.
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Chileans and Cubans celebrate Martí's statue return at Santiago park
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