Overview
- Forecasters say the storm, now weaker over the Bahamas, is tracking toward Bermuda and could briefly re‑intensify to Category 2 before curving back out to sea.
- Haiti’s toll has risen to at least 25 dead, mostly from La Digue river flooding in Petit-Goâve, bringing provisional regional fatalities to roughly 30 with searches continuing.
- Cuba reported winds near 195 km/h at a Category 3 landfall in the southeast, where authorities evacuated more than 700,000 people and assessed major damage in eastern provinces.
- Jamaica was declared a disaster zone following Category 5 impact, with extensive power and telecom failures, four hospitals damaged and severe flooding in southern parishes.
- The United Nations released $4 million for Haiti and Cuba, the United States repositioned regional assets, and the Bahamas evacuated about 1,500 people ahead of the storm.