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Hurricane Melissa restrengthens as it churns toward Cuba, Jamaica begins assessing the damage: Live updates

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Melissa’s now packing 130 mph sustained winds as it nears southeastern Cuba. The National Hurricane Center says the storm is re-strengthening and could make landfall within the next few hours as an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane.

The center is about 110 miles southwest of Guantanamo, moving northeast at 9 mph. The core will cross the eastern tip of Cuba overnight, then sweep across the southeastern and central Bahamas on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Jamaica has been downgraded from a Hurricane Warning to a Tropical Storm Warning as conditions slowly improve there.

Melissa has already proven how quickly it can strengthen over warm water, and the same fuel is still powering it. Even as it moves inland, life-threatening flooding and destructive winds will continue well into Wednesday morning in eastern Cuba.

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