Hurricane Katrina News Report

Hurricane Melissa Roars Through Cuba

Hurricane Melissa moves past Cuba after hitting Jamaica; death toll climbs in Haiti

Deadly Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba and crossed through the Bahamas on Wednesday while authorities in Jamaica began surveying the extensive damage left in its wake.

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Hurricane Melissa live updates: Storm barrels through Cuba as Jamaica reports four deaths

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Hurricane Melissa Makes Landfall In Cuba Following Devastation in Jamaica

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At least 20 dead in Haiti as Hurricane Melissa hits

At least 20 people, 10 of them children, are confirmed to have died in Haiti in flooding caused by Hurricane Melissa, officials say.

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Hurricane Melissa live: Storm hits Cuba with 120mph winds - after Jamaica declared disaster area

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Hurricane Melissa ‘strongest ever’ to hit Cuba after strong winds batter Jamaica

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Cuba in chaos as Hurricane Melissa strikes island while Trump mobilizes aid for devastating Jamaica aftermath: Live updates

Meanwhile in Cuba, as many as 735,000 residents heeded warnings from the nation's president and emergency response crews as they fled their homes along the coast and mountainous regions in the path o...

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At least 20 dead in Haiti as Jamaican minister warns Hurricane Melissa recovery 'won't be easy'

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Hurricane Melissa devastates Jamaica: in pictures

Melissa’s Winds Are Stronger Than Hurricane Katrina’s Were in 2005

Hours from landfall, Hurricane Melissa is also slow moving like Hurricane Harvey in 2017, which could mean catastrophic flooding.

The Haitian Times

Nearly 4,000 in southern Haiti seek shelter as Hurricane Melissa nears landfall

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa has displaced 900 families in Haiti, with 3,653 people in the Grand Sud region’s shelters as the Atlantic storm – one of the strongest on record – approaches nearby Jamaica.

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Hurricane Melissa live: 'Heartbreaking' aerial footage reveals scale of destruction in Jamaica - as deaths reported

The scale of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa is emerging, with dozens of people known to have died in Haiti and four deaths reported in Jamaica - and the storm is now approaching the Bahamas.

WWNO

Katrina changed how jails deal with natural disasters. 20 years later, challenges remain

A survivor tells his experience of being jailed in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, while officials and experts look at jails and natural disasters today.

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See video of Hurricane Melissa generating powerful lightning storm before landfall

Hurricane Melissa, which hit Jamaica as a Category 5 with sustained winds of 185 miles per hour, could bring up to 30 inches of rain.