Dan Mitchinson: US correspondent on Hurricane Melissa heading towards Cuba - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

Hurricane Melissa is moving towards eastern Cuba, weakening further to a category three storm.

The National Hurricane Center is still warning of powerful effects as it moves across Cuba and the Bahamas.

US correspondent Dan Mitchinson says the hurricane's hit Jamaica hard, with heavy rainfall and damaging winds impacting the area.

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