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Hurricane Melissa death toll climbs

19 fatalities in Jamaica from Hurricane Melissa, death toll expected to rise

Nineteen people are confirmed dead in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa tore through the island as a Category 5 hurricane this week -- and that death toll is expected to rise, officials said.

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Hurricane Melissa moves past Cuba after hitting Jamaica; death toll climbs in Haiti

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Hurricane Melissa death toll nears 50, mostly in Jamaica and Haiti, as focus turns to recovery

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Melissa kills 25 in Haiti, nearly 30 total as hurricane batters Caribbean

Hurricane Melissa slammed into the southern coast of eastern Cuba on Wednesday, hours after causing devastation in neighboring Jamaica as the strongest-ever cyclone on record to hit that Caribbean is...

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Jamaicans take stock after hurricane causes damage, flooding and power cuts

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Before-and-after satellite images show devastating degree of destruction from Hurricane Melissa: 'Towns no longer look the same'

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In a Jamaican Town, Melissa Leaves Floods ‘Infested’ by Dead Livestock

At least 19 people have died nationwide, officials said.

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U.S. ready to send humanitarian aid to Cuba after Hurricane Melissa devastation

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Families anxious as Hurricane Melissa cuts contact

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‘You can never have too much, when you have nothing’: Hurricane Melissa devastates Caribbean, death toll still rising

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) -More than 30 people have died in the Caribbean due to Hurricane Melissa, which struck Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane. Jamaica faced the worst of the storm, with at least 8 fatalities and more than 70% of the country left without power.

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Jamaica unaware how many Hurricane Melissa victims are dead, missing after ‘storm of the century’

Jamaica was so badly battered by Hurricane Melissa that officials still have no idea how many people died, government officials grimly admitted — with just four deaths confirmed on Wednesday. The island nation’s government “is not in a position to make an official statement on deaths,

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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.”