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Very Preliminary Report on Damage in Cuba from Melissa

Among the most serious immediate issues are 241 communities cut off from communication, home to more than 140,000 people.

The Cuban Weather Service expects Hurricane Melissa to enter the island on the southeast coast between Granma and Santiago de Cuba.

Here in Cuba, about to suffer the passing of a major hurricane, you don’t know what’s harder — finding the hammer or driving the nail.

El Toque’s Representative Currency Exchange Rate fills a need as the Cuban gov. maintains an “official” exchange rate that defies reality.

“We know more about Melissa from Facebook than from Cubavision,” a young woman in Holguín tells this newspaper.

The Cuban Meteorological Institute (Insmet) forecasts the hurricane will make landfall in Cuba on Tuesday night.

Getting a beloved animal out of Cuba can become an obstacle course as difficult—or even more so—than the one humans face when emigrating.

Someone said—half joking, that there are already places in Cuba where many people dream of civilization rediscovering us.

The latest forecast sees Melissa crossing Jamaica starting Tuesday morning before impacting eastern Cuba late on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Elian, you’re no longer a child, the innocent gleam in your eyes from 25 years ago is gone.