At least 20 people, 10 of them children, are confirmed to have died in Haiti in flooding caused by Hurricane Melissa, officials say.
Most were killed when a river burst its bank in Petit-Goave, leaving 25 dead, the town's mayor said.
The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) had earlier warned that Melissa was likely to cause "catastrophic" flash flooding and landslides.
Haiti is significantly less developed than its neighbours, and is therefore likely to see "extensive damage and isolation of communities" as a result of the devastation caused by the hurricane, the NHC says.
In Petit-Goave, in southern Haiti, many people remained trapped in collapsed houses. "I am overwhelmed by the situation," Mayor Jean Bertrand Subrème told AP.
