Hurricane Paloma was the third-strongest November Atlantic hurricane on record Recording .

Paloma was the third most powerful November hurricane on record Recording in the Atlantic Basin , behind only a 1932 hurricane and 1999 's Lenny .

Paloma developed Coming_to_be out of a strong tropical disturbance off the eastern coast of Nicaragua and northern coast of Honduras on November 5 .

The next day , Paloma intensified Cause_change_of_strength into a Category 2 hurricane Catastrophe , then soon afterward into a Category 3 major hurricane Catastrophe .

Early on November 8 , Paloma continued to intensify and reached Arriving Category 4 intensity , and then weakened rapidly into a Category 2 hurricane before making landfall Self_motion in Santa Cruz del Sur , Cuba .

Paloma weakened Cause_change_of_strength into a tropical storm on November 9 while moving Motion over Cuba , where it stalled out .

Hurricane Paloma caused Causation heavy damage Damaging in both the Cayman Islands and Cuba .