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In the Caribbean region, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Bahamas, and Cuba are bracing for the impact of now hurricane Melissa. teleSUR *Cuba: Eastern provinces on alert phase ahead of hurricane Melissa * Haiti: Hurricane Melissa triggers orange alert, leaves at least 4 dead

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00:00welcome back in the Caribbean region Jamaica Haiti Dominican Republic Bahamas and Cuba are

00:13bracing for the impact of now Hurricane Melissa with winds of over 125 km per hour former tropical

00:20storm Melissa has just been upgrade to hurricane it is now located 345 km south of Jamaica with

00:27a sluggish west and north progression but early next week it might become a her category 5 hurricane

00:32but regardless of its category when this is expected to bring catastrophic amounts of rain

00:38which pose a serious risk for flash flooding and landslides across portions of Jamaica southern

00:43Dominican Republic and southern Haiti the National Hurricane Center has forecast 25 inches of rain for

00:48parts of Jamaica and up to 35 inches of rain for southern Haiti through next week

00:57we walk Cuban civil defense intensified security measures in the east of the country and come

01:04away as Hurricane Melissa approaches the civil defense general staff establish an alert phase

01:09starting at 3 p.m. local time Saturday in all eastern provinces although it is maintained close

01:14attention to the storms development as it threatens the island's territory precisely in the east work

01:19is on the way with trip running to work cleaning and evacuation strategies civil defense ministry said

01:24the main objective is to protect people's lives as well as material resources animals and agricultural

01:31products and Hurricane Melissa has left at least four dead and a dozen injured in Haiti most of the

01:41fatalities being caused by a landslide in Fontamara photo prints well for this issue an orange alert in the

01:47southeastern departments of the country due to the impact of the weather event the Ministry of Civil Protection of the Caribbean

01:53nation is carrying out protection and evacuation operations due to heavy rains and the risk of

01:57flooding in the insular areas of the country they also report that these rainfalls caused the

02:02Saint Martin River to flood in the west of the country and the destruction of several homes in the northwest in Puerto Pei

Caribbean | Former tropical storm Melissa upgraded to hurricane

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