"However, even countries outside the direct path of the massive storm felt its devastating effects. At least 40 people have died across Haiti, Steven Aristil of Haiti's Civil Protection Agency said. He added that 20 of those deaths were reported in the southern coastal town of Petit-Goave, where another 10 remain missing. Earlier yesterday, the mayor of ­Petit-Goave said at least 25 people were killed in that community, where flooding collapsed dozens of homes."
"In Cuba, officials reported collapsed houses, blocked mountain roads and roofs blown off yesterday, with the heaviest destruction concentrated in the south-west and north-west. Authorities said about 735,000 people remained in shelters. "That was hell. All night long, it was terrible," Reinaldo Charon, based in Santiago de Cuba, said. The 52-year-old was one of the few people venturing outside yesterday, covered by a plastic sheet in the intermittent rain."
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm with top winds of 295kmh, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, before weakening and moving into Cuba. The storm caused landslides, mud-covered streets and ripped roofs from buildings in Jamaica, leaving more than 25,000 people in shelters. Haiti reported at least 40 deaths and dozens of collapsed homes in coastal communities such as Petit-Goave, with others missing. In Cuba, collapsed houses, blocked mountain roads and blown-off roofs concentrated heavy destruction in the south-west and north-west, and about 735,000 people remained in shelters.
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