Hurricane Melissa - in pictures
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A tree ripped from the ground by Hurricane Melissa in St Catherine, Jamaica, which has made landfall as a category five storm. AFP -
A resident of Santiago in Cuba slides down part of the roof of his house, damaged by Hurricane Melissa. AFP -
Fulgencio Garcia bails water out of his home in Santiago, Cuba. Reuters -
Rollin Salmond cuts away sections of a tree blocking the entrance to his home in Longwood, St Elizabeth, Jamaica. AFP -
A family salvage belongings from the rubble of their home in Santiago de Cuba. AFP -
Damaged structures and boats after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Alligator Pond, Jamaica. Reuters -
A flooded street in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. AFP -
High winds in Kingston, Jamaica. AP -
Residents evacuate from Playa Siboney in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. AFP -
The Rio Cobre bursts its banks near St Catherine, Jamaica. AFP -
High winds in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Reuters -
A house damaged by the preliminary winds of Hurricane Melissa in Portmore, Jamaica. EPA -
A satellite image shows Hurricane Melissa southeast of Jamaica. Forecastewrs predict the top-level Category 5 storm will cause catastrophic flooding. AFP -
A fallen tree lies on a street as Melissa approaches in Kingston, Jamaica. Reuters -
A gas station and nearby businesses are boarded up ahead of the imminent impact in St Catherine, Jamaica. EPA -
A car is abandoned after a road became impassable when Tropical Storm Melissa barrelled through Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. AP -
Heavy flooding in Santo Domingo. More than 647,000 people are without drinking water after aqueducts were damaged by Tropical Storm Melissa in the Dominican Republic. EPA -
Children play in a flooded street as heavy rain continues to fall in Santo Domingo. AP -
Clouds gather over the mountains of Petionville in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as Tropical Storm Melissa moves through the Caribbean. EPA -
Residents of Santo Domingo are forced to wade through rising floodwater. AP -
Catastrophic flash flooding and numerous landslides are likely, forecasters warned, as the storm moves towards Jamaica. EPA -
The storm has killed at least three people in Haiti and another in the Dominican Republic, where one person remains missing. EPA -
Big waves crash on to the shore at Santo Domingo. Schools and government offices remained closed in four of nine provinces in the Dominican Republic still under red alert. EPA -
Flooding has severed access to at least 48 communities in the Dominican Republic. EPA -
A woman is standing on a street flooded by rains caused by Tropical Storm Melissa, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Reuters -
Palm trees are blasted by the wind, as a storm surge precedes Hurricane Melissa, at Hellshire Beach, Jamaica. Reuters -
Portmore, Jamaica. A rapid intensification of the storm is expected as it makes its towards Jamaica and the island of Hispaniola. AFP -
Storm clouds looming over Kingston, Jamaica. AP -
Emergency teams clean Sandy Gully, the main diversion channel for floodwater, in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Melissa in Kingston, Jamaica. AFP -
Members of the Dominican Republic Navy and civil protection authorities conduct a search operation for a teenager who went missing during Tropical Storm Melissa, in Santo Domingo. Reuters -
Sandbags are prepared for the arrival of Hurricane Melissa, in the Harbour View neighbourhood of Kingston, Jamaica. Reuters
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