Hurricane Melissa leaves 25 dead in Haiti, causes widespread damage in Jamaica and Cuba
- Jean Bertrand Subreme, mayor of Petit-Goave, told The Associated Press that 25 people died after La Digue river burst its banks and flooded nearby homes on Wednesday.
- Hurricane Melissa churned with 105 mph top sustained winds and intense rain that forecasters warned could cause life-threatening flooding, landslides, and a 12-foot surge in Haiti, Cuba, and Turks and Caicos.
- Dozens of homes collapsed in Petit-Goave, trapping people under rubble Wednesday morning, while landslides blocked main roads and only one Haiti's Civil Protection Agency official remained amid heavy floodwaters.
- The U.S. government said it is deploying a disaster response team and search-and-rescue personnel, while the State Department authorized non-emergency personnel to leave Jamaica and hopes to reopen airports by Thursday.
- In Jamaica, more than 25,000 people were packed into shelters on Wednesday, while more than 700,000 were evacuated and about 735,000 remained in shelters in Cuba.
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Hurricane Melissa has wreaked unprecedented havoc in Jamaica. The deadly storm, which was triggered by climate change, has caused a major natural disaster in the region.
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