Hurricane Melissa is making its way across Cuba as a Category 2 storm, a day after making landfall in Jamaica as one of the region’s strongest storms on record. Melissa is forecast to move into the Bahamas later Wednesday. An official in southern Haiti says flooding from the storm killed 25 people in the coastal town of Petit-Goâve when a river burst its banks and swamped homes. Authorities in Jamaica are preparing to assess the damage after it arrived with 185 mph (295 kph) winds. Landslides and power outages have been reported. Scientists link Melissa’s rapid intensification to climate change. It’s the fourth storm this year to undergo such a transformation.