Communities across the Caribbean are reeling in the wake of Hurricane Melissa , which ripped through Jamaica, Cuba and Hispaniola, the island comprising Haiti and the Dominican Republic, this week.

While officials said that damage assessments remained underway to determine the full scope of the destruction, satellite images offered a preliminary look at some of the storm's grave impacts on stretches of the Jamaican coastline.

Side-by-side aerial photographs show the southwestern Jamaican fishing village of White House and the nearby town of Black River before and after Melissa slammed into the island. Each pair captures a once vibrant-looking town reduced to dirt and rubble.

Satellite images show a fishing village in White House, Jamaica, and the nearby town of Black River before an

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