Hurricane Melissa has left a trail of destruction across the northern Caribbean, resulting in confirmed deaths in Jamaica and catastrophic flooding in Haiti, while Cuba begins its slow recovery.

The Category 5 storm, which made landfall in Jamaica, is now heading towards Bermuda.

19 Confirmed Deaths and Search for Survivors

At least 19 people in Jamaica have died as a result of Hurricane Melissa, which devastated the island nation when it roared ashore this week, a government minister told AFP late Thursday.

"The confirmed death toll from Hurricane Melissa is now at 19," including nine in the far west parish of Westmoreland, Information Minister Dana Morris Dixon told local news outlets.

In Jamaica, government workers and residents began clearing roads in a push to reach dozens of i

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