(AP) -- Hurricane Melissa cut a path of destruction through the Caribbean, bringing severe flooding and extreme winds that toppled trees and collapsed buildings on the islands in and around its path.

Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, ranking among the strongest Atlantic hurricanes.

It came ashore again in Cuba as a Category 3 storm, and also caused damage in nearby Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

The photos below show Hurricane Melissa's impact on the Caribbean. • Residents walk through Lacovia Tombstone, Jamaica, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) • People stay inside a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, flooded by rain brought by Hurricane Melissa, in Port-au-Pri

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