SANTIAGO DE CUBA: People across the northern Caribbean were digging out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa on Thursday as deaths from the catastrophic storm climbed. The rumble of large machinery, whine of chainsaws and chopping of machetes echoed throughout southeast Jamaica as government workers and residents began clearing roads in a push to reach isolated communities that sustained a direct hit from one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record. Stunned residents wandered about, some staring at their roofless homes and waterlogged belongings strewn around them.

Jamaicans urged to seek shelter immediately, and Cuba, Haiti and Dominican Republic also threatened

At least three people are dead in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa, the world's strongest storm so far this year, bears down on the Caribbean island nation, officials said.

Hurricane Melissa, a catastrophic Category 5 storm, makes landfall in Jamaica, threatening severe damage and widespread evacuations.

"There is no infrastructure in the region that can withstand a Category 5," Prime Minister Andrew Holness said. "The question now is the speed of recovery."

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled into roads Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa came ashore as…

World Meteorological Organisation dubs slow-moving Melissa the ‘storm of the century’ as Cuba braces for impact.

Reports of families trapped by floodwaters in Jamaica, as hurricane moves on to threaten Cuba’s second-largest city

Perché le comunicazioni dalle zone colpite sono state interrotte per ore: ad Haiti almeno 23 persone sono morte per un'esondazione

Melissa was forecast to cross the island through the morning and move into the Bahamas later Wednesday.

“I am overwhelmed by the situation,” Mayor Jean Bertrand Subrème said.

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a catastrophic category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since record-keeping began in 1851

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba near the city of Chivirico early Wednesday as a Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica.

With communication networks in Jamaica crippled, the true scale of the disaster remains unknown.

People in Jamaica are waking up to the devastation left by Hurricane Melissa, as Prime Minister Andrew Holness declared the entire country a “disaster area". Footage shows entire…

Before the storm barreled north over Cuba, at least seven people died across the Caribbean as the storm approached Jamaica. See the storm's impact on Cuba.

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SANTIAGO DE CUBA: Hurricane Melissa left dozens dead and widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, where roofless homes, fallen utility poles and water-logged…

Díaz Canel habla de “daños cuantiosos”. Jamaica permanece en la oscuridad a la espera de hacer recuento de pérdidas. En Haití han muerto al menos 25 personas

Satellite imagery captured the moment that Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba. The storm, the most powerful of the year, hit Cuba in the early hours of Wednesday (29 October)…

The ‘storm of a century’ has torn through the Caribbean, with Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba worst affected