Hurricane Melissa left dozens dead and widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, where roofless homes, toppled utility poles and water-logged furniture dominated the landscape Wednesday.

Flooding from the storm killed 25 people in Haiti and at least one death was reported in Jamaica, where Melissa roared ashore with top sustained winds of 185 mph, leaving widespread damage and power outages.

Melissa tore off roofs and uprooted trees in eastern Cuba, but the full extent of the damage wasn’t immediately known.

“That was hell. All night long, it was terrible,” said Reinaldo Charon, 52, who was one of the few people who ventured out on Wednesday morning in Santiago de Cuba, covered by a plastic sheet to keep dry from the intermittent rain.

Jean Bertrand Subrème, mayor of the s

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