"The death toll from Hurricane Melissa has reached 49 as the storm continued to tear through the Caribbean, heading past Bermuda, and workers in Jamaica ramped up efforts to clear roads and reach people in isolated and cut-off areas. In Haiti, the death toll has risen to 30, with another 20 missing, the civil defence agency said on Thursday. A further 20 people were injured, it added."
"In Jamaica, the death toll rose to 19 but search and rescue efforts were continuing, said the information minister, Dana Morris Dixon. The island's toll had earlier been four. Tropical storm conditions were occurring on Bermuda late on Thursday, as the category 2 storm moved past the western side of the territory, packing maximum sustained winds of 100mph (155km/h). The storm is moving in a north-easterly direction at a speed of 38mph (61km/h)."
Hurricane Melissa caused at least 49 deaths across the Caribbean, with Haiti reporting 30 deaths, 20 missing and 20 injured according to the civil defence agency. Jamaica reported 19 fatalities as search-and-rescue continued, and earlier counts had been lower. Kingston avoided the worst damage and the main international airport reopened to allow critical aid flights. Several towns were underwater and power lines and mobile network towers were down across much of the southwest. The storm moved past Bermuda as a Category 2 system with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph, travelling northeast at about 38 mph. The British government is chartering flights to assist relief.
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