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Satellite imagery captured the moment that Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba.

Hundreds of thousands of people had been evacuated to shelters in Cuba. A hurricane warning was in effect for the provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo, Holguin and Las Tunas.

This year, countries including Argentina, Ukraine and Hungary also opposed the measure

The document was supported by 165 countries

This year's vote happened not only as the hurricane raged but as the Trump administration intensifies its campaign against drug trafficking in the waters off South America.

UNITED NATION (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to condemn the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba for…

Se espera que Melissa afecte a las Bahamas y a Bermudas como un huracán de Categoría 2, y luego se convierta en un sistema extratropical cerca de Terranova, Canadá, el viernes.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga recalled that Ukraine had voted against the UN General Assembly resolution calling for an end to the US blockade of Cuba

With 185 mph winds, Melissa made landfall near New Hope, Jamaica, on Tuesday afternoon. It’s the first Category 5 to hit the island in Jamaica’s recorded history.

Up to 8,000 British citizens on Caribbean island as ‘storm of the century’ causes catastrophic winds and flash flooding

Hurricane Melissa left a deadly trail across Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica, killing dozens and causing massive destruction as residents faced roofless homes, downed power lines, and flo...

Cuba denies US allegations of mercenary activity in Ukraine and insists the embargo is a form of collective punishment.

Most intense tropical cyclone to hit Jamaica in nearly two centuries leaves trail of devastation in its wake

Melissa is expected to impact the Bahamas and Bermuda as a Cat 2 hurricane, then become extratropical near Newfoundland, Canada, on Friday.

The government said it hopes to reopen all of Jamaica’s airports as early as Thursday to ensure the quick distribution of emergency relief supplies.

At least 20 people in Haiti died Wednesday when a river overflowed. The storm was expected to hit the Bahamas next.

Hurricane Melissa is grinding across eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record.

HAVANA/KINGSTON >> Hurricane Melissa unleashed devastation in Jamaica as the strongest storm on record ever to hit the Caribbean island nation, and roared into eastern Cuba today, smashing the city of Santiago and flooding rural land.

Footage released by Jamaica police captured scenes of destruction after the Category 5 storm barrelled across the island.