People across the northern Caribbean are digging out from the destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa as deaths from the storm climbed.

A very powerful Hurricane Melissa left a trail of devastation through eastern Cuba Wednesday morning, causing extensive damage, flooding and power outages to the region.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall over eastern Cuba early Wednesday as an "extremely dangerous" Category 3 storm, forecasters said, after pummeling Jamaica.

Missy Elliott, who collaborated with Kartel on 2005’s “Bad Man,” wrote, “Prayers up for everyone in Jamaica,” on X, followed by several Jamaican flag and prayer hands emojis. When reminded to also pray for those in need in Cuba and Haiti, Eliott responded, “Absolutely.”

Rescue efforts are underway across the Caribbean after Hurricane Melissa tore through the region as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in more than 150 years. Torrential downpours and forceful winds have already unleashed widespread destruction along the storm’s path in Jamaica,

Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, 10 a.m. ET The National Hurricane Center's 10 a.m. Thursday update reported that Category 2 Hurricane Melissa is in the Atlantic Ocean, 215 miles northeast of the Central Bahamas and 685 miles southwest of Bermuda.

For the latest on Hurricane Melissa, click here. Hurricane Melissa strengthened into the world's most powerful storm of 2025 on Monday fueled by warmer ocean temperatures, as the Category 5 behemoth closed in on Jamaica ahead of its expected Tuesday landfall.