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AccuWeather said Melissa was the Caribbean's third-most intense and slowest-moving hurricane on record, making it particularly destructive.
An Air India special charter flight named AIC24WC is set to bring back the Indian squad, its support staff, the players' families and some board officials and Indian media, who have been stranded there for the past three days due to Hurricane Beryl.
The team, originally scheduled to depart Barbados on Monday at 11 am local time (8.30 pm IST), is now facing delays due to the hurricane.
Hurricane Ian is one of the mightiest storms to hit the US mainland in recent years.
Scientists say there are more to come – and worse – as the Earth's atmosphere continues to warm through the next decade and beyond.
In a region that had been warned about potentially deadly flash flooding but hadn't braced for such a blow from the no-longer-hurricane, the storm killed people from Maryland to Connecticut on Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
Mexican authorities urged residents to evacuate their homes for temporary shelters, closed ports, canceled classes and suspended beachside and marine activities.
Debris, downed trees and power lines have hampered access to stranded people.
Michael is projected to plow into Florida's Panhandle at midday on Wednesday, unleashing potentially devastating waves as high as 13 feet.
Almost 1.1 million homes and businesses were without power from Florida to Virginia early on Friday.
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