Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered "immediate humanitarian aid to the people of Cuba" affected by Hurricane Melissa. On the left, a family salvages belongings from the rubble of their home after Hurricane Melissa's passage through Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images; Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
"U.S. stands ready to help the Cuban people," the State Department titled a press release on its website.
People in Cuba began to clear blocked roads and highways with heavy equipment and even enlisted the help of the military on Thursday. The military rescued people trapped in isolated communities and those at risk from landslides, according to The Associated Press. No fatalities were reported after Cuba’s Civil Defense evacuated more than 735,000 people across the eastern part of the country, the AP also reported.
A televised Civil Defense meeting chaired by President Miguel Díaz-Canel did not provide an official estimate of the damage. However, officials from the affected provinces — Santiago, Granma, Holguín, Guantánamo and Las Tunas — reported losses of roofs, power lines, fiber optic telecommunications cables, cut roads, isolated communities and losses of banana, cassava and coffee plantations.
TEXAS HONEYMOONERS TRAPPED IN JAMAICA AS CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE MELISSA SLAMS ISLAND
A resident sits on part of the roof of his house, damaged by Hurricane Melissa, in Santiago de Cuba on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images)
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At least four people were confirmed dead in St. Elizabeth Parish in Jamaica because of the hurricane, FOX Weather added.
Fox News Digital’s Diana Stancey and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
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