Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba near the city of Chivirico early Wednesday as a Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, the U.S.

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

Melissa is now a Category 1 moving through the Bahamas after the storm made a historic landfall in Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history.

Por ARIEL FERNÁNDEZ, ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ, JOHN MYERS JR. y EVENS SANONSANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) — El huracán Melissa dejó decenas de muertos y causó una

No. Hurricane Melissa is moving across the Caribbean but is expected to continue moving east-northeast away from Florida's eastern coast. ➤ Weather alerts via text: Sign up to get updates about current storms and weather events by location At 5 a.

The two categories combined make up about 17 percent of all hurricanes in recorded history. Those reaching Category 5 — like Melissa — historically make up more like 4 percent of hurricanes. And fewer than half of the strongest two categories of hurricanes go on to hit land at such intensity.