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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Melissa causes havoc in Jamaica and Cuba
Hurricane Melissa hit Cuba's eastern provinces overnight, leaving a wake of widespread destruction, cutting off communities, flooding homes, and causing severe damage to critical infrastructure. The powerful storm eventually weakened but continued to generate unstable conditions across the eastern part of the island, where communities grappled with the aftermath as it drifted northeast.
Miami, Oct 29 (EFE).- Hurricane Melissa declined this Wednesday to category 1 as it approaches the Bahamas, reported the National Hurricane Center (NHC) of the United States, after beating Cuba and leaving at least six dead in Jamaica, 20 in Haiti and one in the Dominican Republic. The cyclone, which hit Cuba this Wednesday as category 3, was in the last report 130 kilometers (80 miles) south-east of the center of the Bahamas, with maximum susta…
Hurricane Melissa leaves at least 27 dead in Jamaica and Haiti
At least 27 people have been confirmed dead in Jamaica and Haiti from the impacts of Hurricane Melissa, according to officials. The first images after landfall in Jamaica showed widespread destruction. Jamaican Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie said four people, three men and one woman, were found dead in the parish of St. Elizabeth, where Melissa made landfall, after being swept away by floodwaters. Prime Minister Andrew Holmes, who…
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