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Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa deals another heavy blow to Jamaica’s farmers and fishers

Hurricane Melissa is blamed for at least 28 deaths in Jamaica, bringing catastrophic winds up to 185 mph (298 kph) and storm surge that wrecked homes and public infrastructure.

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Hurricane Melissa death toll rises to 28 in Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa devastates Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba; at least 28 dead

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Humanitarian workers take aid to 'desperate' Jamaica

A Berkshire-based charity is sending humanitarian workers and aid to Jamaica to help communities devastated by Hurricane Melissa.

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Melissa dissipates, leaves destruction and at least 50 dead in Caribbean

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Hurricane Melissa leaves at least 24 dead in Haiti

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'We need food, we have no food' - desperation takes hold in Jamaica after hurricane

Residents who spoke to the BBC said they have seen no aid trucks in the area so far and described having to eat what food they can find in debris by the roads in the coastal town, nearly 150 km (93 mi...

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Food and water delivered to desperate people in hurricane-hit Jamaica

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Melissa Jamaica Damage Seen Costing Insurers Up to $3 Billion

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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.

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.

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Despair spreads across historic seaport in Jamaica that Hurricane Melissa demolished

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in southwest Jamaica this week near the coastal town of Black River, which the government has described as “ground zero.”

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Samaritan's Purse races to help Jamaica after Category 5 Hurricane Melissa destruction: 'Not been forgotten'

Emergency water systems and medical teams deployed to Jamaica following Category 5 Hurricane Melissa with additional Samaritan's Purse relief flights planned.

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Death toll from Hurricane Melissa rises to 28 in Jamaica

The death toll from Hurricane Melissa has risen to 28 in Jamaica, the country's prime minister said in an update Saturday, days after the powerful hurricane made landfall as a Category 5 storm and tore through the island.

Hurricane Melissa makes landfall over Cuba after bashing Jamaica. Maps show its forecast path.

Hurricane Melissa brought hurricane-force gusts to Bermuda overnight and will weaken as it heads north, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Maps show its forecast path.

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Hurricane Melissa leaves humanitarian disaster and recovery challenge for Caribbean after more than 30 are killed

The storm will hit Bermuda on Thursday afternoon or evening, after Jamaica faced the devastation from one of the most powerful storms ever recorded.