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At least 25 people in Haiti died after the La Digue river overflowed and flooded homes following days of torrential rains from Hurricane Melissa, a local mayor said

Officials in Jamaica have not yet released a death toll after the storm made landfall as a Category 5 storm on Oct. 28

The country previously said that three people died during storm preparations

Hurricane Melissa 's death toll has risen after the storm left a trail of destruction in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba — and now heads for the Bahamas.

In Haiti, 25 people died after the La Digue river burst its banks and flooded into nearby homes, causing many to collapse in the coastal town of Petit-Goâve, Mayor Jean Bertrand Subrème confirmed to the Associated Press . He noted that there were still several people wh

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