Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba early Wednesday morning as a Category 3 storm, the National Hurricane Center confirmed in a bulletin.

Hurricane Melissa is now among the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record.

It is expected to slice diagonally across the island, entering near St. Elizabeth parish in the south and exiting around St. Ann parish in the north, before heading for Cuba.

President Donald Trump said he thinks his highly anticipated meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping is “going to work out very, very well for everybody.”

President Trump's Asia tour took him to Japan this Tuesday, where he praised new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and signed a deal on rare earths.

Trump is giving his typically rally speech- with the exception of the extended remarks that Prime Minister Takaichi made in Japanese.