Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday (October 28) as a Category 5 storm, bringing deadly winds and torrential rain before weakening as it passed through the Bahamas and moved toward Bermuda.

The National Hurricane Center warned that “catastrophic flash flooding and landslides” will continue in parts of Jamaica, Cuba, and Haiti, where the storm left extensive damage to infrastructure and communications.

In Haiti, officials reported at least 25 deaths, mostly in the coastal town of Petit-Goâve, about 40 miles west of Port-au-Prince, where a river overflowed its banks and swept away homes.

“People are still trapped under rubble,” Mayor Jean Bertrand Subrème told the Associated Press, describing the scene as “overwhelming.”

In Jamaica, authorities confirmed four deaths in

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