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Death toll from Hurricane Melissa rises to 45 in Jamaica, with 15 others still missing

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Death toll from Hurricane Melissa rises to 45 in Jamaica, with 15 others still missing

Residents work to remove a partially buried vehicle in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa in Petit-Goave, Haiti, on November 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP The number of confirmed deaths from Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica rose to 45, with 15 other people missing, authorities said on Tuesday (November 11, 2025). The death toll is expected…

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Aid efforts struggle to bring relief to parts of hurricane-stricken Jamaica

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Aid efforts struggle to bring relief to parts of hurricane-stricken Jamaica

Rescuers and aid workers fanned out across Jamaica to distribute food and water, reaching communities still isolated four days after Hurricane Melissa hit the island. Essential relief supplies are now rolling into hurricane-stricken St Elizabeth and Westmoreland on Saturday (November 1, 2025), most of which had been cut off by fallen concrete posts and trees…

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Hurricane Melissa charges toward Cuba, forces evacuation of 7,00,000 residents

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Hurricane Melissa charges toward Cuba, forces evacuation of 7,00,000 residents

Men cover a car to protect it from Hurricane Melissa as the storm churns towards Cuba, after making landfall in Jamaica, in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, on October 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Hurricane Melissa barrelled toward eastern Cuba, where it was expected to make landfall as a major storm early on Wednesday (October…

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Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as devastating Category-5 storm

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Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as devastating Category-5 storm

Hurricane Melissa intensified on Tuesday (October 28, 2025) before making landfall in Jamaica, where officials and residents braced for catastrophic winds, flash flooding and landslides from the Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. The streets in the capital, Kingston, remained largely empty as Melissa approached with 185 mph (295 kph)…

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Hurricane Melissa begins lashing Jamaica as ‘catastrophic’ Category 5 storm

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Hurricane Melissa begins lashing Jamaica as ‘catastrophic’ Category 5 storm

Hurricane Melissa was packing sustained winds of up to 175 mph (282 kph) on Monday (October afternoon, as the slow-moving Category 5 storm was on course to barrel into Jamaica, in what could be the largest on record for the Caribbean island. As of 2 p.m. (1800 GMT), Melissa was a “catastrophic” storm, the strongest…

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