UNITED NATIONS | Xinhua | Nearly 477,000 children in Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica are experiencing significant disruptions to their schooling three weeks after Hurricane Melissa hit the Caribbean, a UN spokesperson said Monday. With many schools damaged or closed, children have been forced to miss classes or study in temporary …
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HAVANA | TASS | Hurricane Melissa, which earlier formed in the Atlantic Ocean, has weakened to Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale and is gradually moving from Jamaica towards Cuba, the US National Hurricane Center said. As of 11:00 p.m. Moscow time on Tuesday (8:00 p.m. GMT), Melissa is ranked …
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GENEVA | Xinhua | The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday that Hurricane Melissa, the strongest tropical cyclone this year anywhere in the world, is expected to cause the worst storm impact of this century on Jamaica. The hurricane, a Category 5 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale, made landfall …
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MEXICO CITY | Xinhua | Hurricane Melissa made landfall Tuesday morning on the Caribbean island of Jamaica as a powerful category 5 storm, with maximum sustained winds of up to 295 kilometers per hour, said the U.S. National Hurricane Center. Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness said on X that …
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