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Hurricane Death Toll Rises

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.

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Jamaica relief efforts continue in aftermath of Hurricane Melissa

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Hurricane death toll rises as Jamaica aid effort struggles

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SC folks can help Jamaica recover from Hurricane Melissa while avoiding scams. Here’s how

Hurricane Melissa, a catastrophic Category 5 storm, made landfall over Jamaica around 1 p.m. on Oct. 28, with wind speeds of 185 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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Hurricane Melissa death toll tops 60; 'apocalyptic' Caribbean damage. Updates.

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Hurricane Melissa death toll continues to rise as suffering Jamaicans plead for help: 'Everything is gone'

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Canadian Red Cross sending hurricane relief to Jamaica after Melissa devastation

Canadian Red Cross director Nazira Lacayo says those supplies were requested by Jamaica, adding that many people were forced to flee their homes with just the clothes on their back.

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Hurricane Melissa: First charter flight to bring Britons back from Jamaica due to take off

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Britons evacuated from Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa land in UK

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Where is Hurricane Melissa headed? Track storm's path as it's set to weaken

Hurricane Melissa is expected to weaken into an extratropical cyclone on Friday, Oct. 31, the National Hurricane Center said.

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.

Hurricane Melissa: Aerial view of 'ground zero' destruction

The BBC's Will Grant witnessed the devastation in the town of Black River, as he joined an aid helicopter flight over the island.

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National Hurricane Center tracking 1 tropical wave as time change brings calm

Hurricane Melissa's sustained winds of 185-mph become one of the two strongest Atlantic storms on record to make landfall, USA TODAY reported.

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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.

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

The updates sent by friends and neighbors on WhatsApp confirmed what fisher Prince Davis already feared: Hurricane Melissa put a hole in the stern of his 50-foot (15-meter) fishing boat, and damaged the cabin and back deck.

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'We have no idea what lies ahead': Aid struggles to reach Jamaican towns devastated by hurricane

Westmoreland parish is believed to have the second highest number of unconfirmed deaths, after St Elizabeth to the south east. The eye of the storm hit somewhere between the two neighbouring parishes. At St Elisabeth an estimated 90% of homes have been destroyed.

Aid workers rush to deliver relief in hurricane-stricken Jamaica

Rescuers and aid workers have spread across Jamaica to deliver food and water after Hurricane Melissa ravaged the island. Relief supplies have started reaching areas like Elizabeth and