Santiago de cuba, cuba (ap) — hurricane melissa left at least dozens dead amid widespread destruction across cuba, haiti and jamaica, where roofless homes, toppled utility poles and. Track melissa with our collection of maps here. Melissa is now a category 1 moving through the bahamas after the storm made a historic landfall in jamaica as one of the strongest atlantic hurricanes in history. Melissa tore through the caribbean as one of the most powerful storms in recorded history and made landfall in jamaica on tuesday as a deadly category 5 hurricane. Hurricane melissa began churning though the southern part of the bahamas on wednesday evening after carving a destructive path through the caribbean Officials said more than 20 people were.
People across the northern caribbean are beginning to dig out from the destruction of hurricane melissa, as deaths from the catastrophic storm climbed to at least 28 across haiti, jamaica and. Hurricane melissa left dozens dead and widespread destruction across cuba, jamaica and haiti on wednesday, knocking out power and forcing residents from their homes in inundated towns.
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