At least 25 people died in the southern coastal town of Petit-Goave, Haiti after severe flooding from Hurricane Melissa swept through the area, local officials said Wednesday. Mayor Jean Bertrand Subrème told The Associated Press that the La Digue river burst its banks and flooded nearby homes. Dozens of houses collapsed, and some residents remained trapped under the rubble Wednesday morning. Only one official from Haiti’s Civil Protection Agency was in the area, as residents struggled to evacuate amid heavy floodwaters. Follow Hurricane Melissa Live Updates

Melissa made landfall Tuesday in Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane with top winds of 185 mph (295 kph), one of the strongest Atlantic storms on record. It then moved on to Cuba, leaving widespread destructi

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