Record-breaking Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica and heads for Cuba | First Thing

Parish of St Elizabeth ‘under water’ after Jamaica’s ‘storm of the century’. Plus, Trump and Xi to meet for first time since 2019Good morning.Hurricane Melissa is heading towards Cuba after the “storm of the century” made landfall as a category 5 storm in Jamaica, battering the country with severe winds, flooding and landslides.Is this the worst hurricane ever to hit Jamaica? It is the most intense one since records began in 1851.Have casualties been recorded? When asked, Mckenzie declined to confirm whether there were any deaths.Follow our liveblog to stay up to date.What happened before the strikes? The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered the strikes on Tuesday evening after a firefight between Palestinian militants and Israeli troops. The strikes also followed anger over Hamas hading over body parts of a hostage whose remains Israeli troops had recovered two years before. Continue reading...