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Hurricane Melissa live updates: dozens reported dead in Haiti after river flooded by hurricane bursts banks

Mayor of a southern Haitian coastal town ‘overwhelmed by the situation’ as he pleads for government support

As Cuba prepares for the storm to make landfall any minute, officials in Jamaica are preparing to assess the damage on Wednesday.

A video shared by the Jamaican Constabulary Force shows officers surveying extensive destruction in Black River, close to where Hurricane Melissa made landfall on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm.

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