Dozens of individuals have been killed by flooding, landslides and file winds as Hurricane Melissa tore into Cuba and Haiti, after leaving a path of destruction in Jamaica.
The class 5 hurricane made landfall Tuesday night, with the parishes of St Elizabeth and St James within the southwest of the island taking the brunt of the influence, straight within the eye’s path.
At least 20 folks died in a single Haitian village when a flooded river surged by houses, trapping residents below the rubble.
Hurricane Melissa then weakened to a nonetheless harmful class three, earlier than slamming into the coast of Cuba within the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The storm weakened additional however will nonetheless be a class two when it hits the Bahamas
