{"id":650,"date":"2025-10-31T07:11:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T07:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=650"},"modified":"2025-10-31T07:11:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T07:11:47","slug":"death-toll-from-hurricane-melissa-climbs-to-49-with-many-still-missing-climate-crisis-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=650","title":{"rendered":"Death toll from Hurricane Melissa climbs to 49, with many still missing | Climate Crisis News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Haiti reported the highest number of deaths following catastrophic flooding from hurricane rains.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 31 Oct 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">31 Oct 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Hurricane Melissa has now killed some 49 people, although that figure is expected to rise as search and rescue operations continue across the trail of destruction the storm left in its wake in the northern Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities in Haiti on Thursday reported at least 30 deaths and 20 missing. The impoverished nation was not directly hit but suffered days of torrential rains from the lumbering storm. Jamaica has reported 19 deaths, according to the Reuters news agency. The Dominican Republic has reported one death before the hurricane made landfall elsewhere.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic storms on record, made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of up to 295 kilometres per hour (183 miles per hour). The hurricane did not hit the capital of Kingston, but it slammed into Jamaica\u2019s western side, where it wrought \u201cdevastation\u201d, according to government officials.<\/p>\n<p>Melissa later struck Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane before continuing on a path past the Bahamas on Wednesday night. It is due to pass within 60km (37 miles) of Bermuda, according to the US National Hurricane Center.<\/p>\n<p>The storm\u2019s force has been felt across the Caribbean, bringing destructive winds, rain, and flooding even as its strength has steadily declined over the past week.<\/p>\n<p>Although Haiti and the Dominican Republic, which share the island of Hispaniola, did not sustain a direct hit, they both experienced heavy flooding, according to local reports.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4070810\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4070810\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4070810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25302644225978-1761803595.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction across northern Caribbean\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4070810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People stay inside a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, flooded by rain brought by Hurricane Melissa, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, October 29, 2025 [Odelyn Joseph\/AP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>No deaths have been reported yet in Cuba, although the eastern half of the island was heavily battered by strong winds, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of thousands of people remain without power across the Caribbean, including 70 percent of Jamaica\u2019s electricity customers, the newswire said.<\/p>\n<p>Regional authorities are working to clean up downed trees and power lines and assess widespread infrastructure damage.<\/p>\n<p>UN agencies say they are still calculating the damage from Melissa, although preliminary assessments for Jamaica indicate a level of devastation \u201cnever seen before\u201d by the island, according to UN Resident Coordinator Dennis Zulu.<\/p>\n<p>The US State Department announced on Thursday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has deployed the US Disaster Assistance Response Team to assist Jamaica, Haiti, the Bahamas, and Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>Expert analysis by US weather forecaster AccuWeather estimated that \u201cpreliminary damage and economic loss\u201d from Melissa could range from $48-52bn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haiti reported the highest number of deaths following catastrophic flooding from hurricane rains. 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