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More than two dozen people have died from flooding in a southern Haitian coastal town as Hurricane Melissa is expected to inflict additional damage on Caribbean islands after making landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday.

Twenty-five people died in Haiti after rain from Hurricane Melissa caused the La Digue river to overflow and flood nearby homes, Petit-Goâve Mayor Jean Bertrand Subrème told The Associated Press .

In Jamaica, 25,000 people are packed into shelters, and at least one death has been recorded. Seventy-seven percent of the island is without power.

In Cuba, which is expected to face additional damage from Melissa on Wednesday, 735,000 people are in shelters. The storm has already caused houses to collapse and roofs to blow off.

A hurricane warning is in effect for t

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