Hurricane Melissa churns towards the Bahamas, as Cuba and Jamaica clean up
發佈日期: 2025-10-30 20:17
TVB News
Hurricane Melissa barrelled through the northern Caribbean on Wednesday after thrashing Cuba's second-biggest city, isolating hundreds of rural communities. This after the Category 5 storm unleashed devastation in Jamaica and drenched Haiti, where at least 25 people were killed, 10 of who were children.
Residents in the Bahamas and nearby Turks and Caicos are hunkering down preparing for hurricane conditions expected Thursday.
A man wading waist deep through the flood waters in Cuba dragging his drowned goat on a board. This man pushing a mattress through the water keeping his few possessions on it dry.
The flooding is the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa which tore through Cuba Wednesday. This man saying, 'It took away my roof.' Some people's homes were completely destroyed.
Authorities reported damage including collapsed houses, blocked mountain roads and blown off roofs.
UNICEF announcing on social media it was delivering 1,900 roofing sheets, 5,000 square metres of waterproof sheeting, recreation kits for 20,000 children and school supplies.
In Haiti, at least 25 people were killed in the storm 10 were children, and many people are still missing. The vast majority of those killed or missing were in the southern coastal town of Petit Goave, where the storm destroyed 80 homes and damaged more than 160 others. Early Wednesday a river above the town overflowed, pouring water, mud and debris over some of the houses.
This man said his four children who were at home at the time, were killed. The youngest only one-month old.
An extended gang conflict in Haiti has impoverished the country with over 1.3 million people displaced, living in makeshift camps. Many here saying the flooding made it hard to sit or sleep and the government and aid groups were slow to bring food.
In Jamaica, AccuWeather estimated Melissa could cost billions of dollars in damages and economic loss and that rebuilding could take a decade or more.
As Melissa churns towards the Bahamas, people on the southern islands have evacuated to the capital Nassau.
Alex Storr, executive chairman, Disaster Management Authority said: "We are here at the international airport, we're accepting the evacuees from the southern Bahamas. They're coming on various flights. We've had about five flights so far. We're expecting about four to five more, residents will be coming in."
