US EditionHurricane 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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lejsl.comJamaica, Cuba, the Bahamas and soon Bermuda... Hurricane Melissa continues her devastating trajectory, killing more than 30 people according to a provisional assessment. On Wednesday night, he fell on the Bahamas archipelago with winds reaching 150 km/h, which caused significant material damage. After two weeks of vacation, Dorian and his friends had to be evacuated from the island of Acklins after only two days on the spot. After four successiv…
Hurricane Melissa's advance in Jamaica left the coastal town of Black River completely destroyed.
The hurricane "Melissa", which is considered to be one of the heaviest ever recorded in the Caribbean, has killed many people.
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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