Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa

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Satellite images show Jamaica before and after Hurricane Melissa
Communities across the Caribbean are reeling in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, which ripped through Jamaica, Cuba and Hispaniola, the island comprising Haiti and the Dominican Republic, this week. While officials said that damage assessments remained underway to determine the full scope of the destruction,

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Satellite images show massive damage in Jamaica caused by Hurricane Melissa
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The scale of devastation across Jamaica and Cuba is emerging after Melissa - one of the most powerful Altantic hurricanes to make landfall - barrelled through.

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Serious damage and total devastation - that's how Jamaica's PM Andrew Holness has described the south east and south west of the island after taking an aerial tour.

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Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba pick up the pieces after Melissa's destruction

Communities across the northern Caribbean are dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. The storm has left many without homes, power or communication.

Hurricane Melissa: Bermuda braces for impact as Jamaica and Cuba recover

Follow live updates on Hurricane Melissa as the death toll reaches 38 people. Recovery efforts are underway in Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.

Hurricane Melissa moves past Cuba after hitting Jamaica; death toll climbs in Haiti

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba overnight after battering Jamaica as one of the most powerful landfalling storms in Atlantic basin history.

Entire communities in Jamaica demolished or isolated by direct hit from Hurricane Melissa: Officials

At first light on Wednesday, the coastal communities of southwestern Jamaica bore the devastation of being in the direct path of Hurricane Melissa.

Jamaica reports 19 deaths from Hurricane Melissa, total death toll climbs to 44

At least 19 people died as a result from Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica, the country's information minister told Reuters, bringing the total confirmed death toll from the storm to at least 44.

U.S.-based aid groups rush to get supplies into storm-battered Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa

Tens of thousands of Jamaicans were in shelters, and more than two-thirds of the island was still without power, according to officials.

Hurricane Melissa live updates: Widespread destruction reported in Jamaica

After lashing Jamaica with dangerous winds and flooding rain, Melissa made a second landfall in Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane on Wednesday morning. Melissa then moved through the Bahamas, and next, on Thursday night, the storm will pass Bermuda as a Category 1 or 2 hurricane.
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