"People across the northern Caribbean are reeling from the devastation of Hurricane Melissa as dozens of deaths are reported in Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti. The hurricane at Category 5, the strongest on record to hit Jamaica directly ripped across the Caribbean islands on Tuesday and Wednesday, killing at least 25 people in Haiti, eight in Jamaica and one in the Dominican Republic."
"The United States-based National Hurricane Center said early on Thursday that Melissa's eye was expected to move away from the southeastern and central Bahamas before passing west of Bermuda. Although the storm was downgraded to Category 1, the lowest strength on the Saffir-Simpson scale, it was still packing winds of 155km/h (100mph) with even higher gusts, the NHC reported."
"In Haiti, where roughly 12,000 people remained in emergency shelters, families grappled with the rising death toll. Twenty people were reported dead in the southern coastal town of Petit-Goave alone, where a river burst its banks and collapsed dozens of homes. People stay inside a shelter for families displaced by gang violence that is flooded by rain brought by Hurricane Melissa in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on October 29, 2025 [Odelyn Joseph/AP] Resident Steven Guadard told The Associated Press news agency that Melissa killed his entire family: I had four children at home: a one-month-old baby, a seven-year-old, an eight-year-old and another who was about to turn four."
Hurricane Melissa struck the northern Caribbean as an exceptionally strong storm, directly impacting Jamaica and causing widespread damage across multiple islands. The storm killed at least 25 people in Haiti, eight in Jamaica and one in the Dominican Republic, and left thousands displaced and in emergency shelters. Extensive flooding collapsed homes in Petit-Goave, Haiti, while Cuba evacuated over 735,000 residents and conducted rescues in isolated areas. Jamaica faced ripped roofs, felled trees, flooded hospitals, and widespread utility outages. Melissa weakened to Category 1 but continued to produce damaging winds as recovery and relief operations commenced.
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