Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction
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The MP overseeing Canada's foreign aid announced $7 million in humanitarian relief for Caribbean states hit by Hurricane Melissa on Thursday.
Melissa tore through the Caribbean as one of the most powerful storms in history. By Thursday, the storm weakened as it left the Bahamas.
Hurricane Melissa moves toward Bermuda after more than 30 die across Caribbean More than 30 deaths are being attributed to the storm across Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, according to officials.
Hurricane Melissa has caused widespread destruction across the Caribbean, leaving at least seven dead and thousands more displaced and in the dark. The International Federation of the Red Cross previously said up to 1.
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm, bringing lashing waves, powerful 185-mile-per-hour winds and life-threatening flooding to the Caribbean island nation.
The storm left widespread destruction and at least dozens of deaths in its path. In Chicago, people are looking for ways to help.
Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm of the 2025 Atlantic season, made landfall in Jamaica Tuesday as possibly its worst storm in recorded history.
Most of Jamaica remains without power, as our correspondent reports floods, mudslides and "palm trees tossed like toothpicks".