Miami, Oct 25, 2025 (AFP) - Jamaica, Haiti brace for 'catastrophic' hurricane impacts

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2025-10-25

Jamaica and Haiti braced Saturday for devastating impacts from slow-moving Tropical Storm Melissa, which is forecast to rapidly develop into a major hurricane and bring "catastrophic" flooding. Three people in Haiti have already been killed this week as storm bands from Melissa -- steadily churning away in the Caribbean -- lashed the impoverished nation with heavy downpours, provoking landslides. The latest bulletin from the US National Hurricane......

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