Hurricane Melissa Crosses Eastern Cuba, Now a Category 3 Storm

Hurricane Melissa is now moving across eastern Cuba with maximum sustained winds near 115 miles per hour, continuing its projected path toward the southeastern and central Bahamas later today, according to the 5 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center. The powerful Category 3 system (down from what was a Category 5) was located about 60 miles west of Guantanamo, Cuba, and about 230 miles south of the central Bahamas early Wednesday morning. Melissa is moving northeast at 12 miles per hour, and forecasters expect the storm to accelerate over the next 48 hours as it tracks toward Ber