00:00It came out of nowhere and turned deadly fast.
00:03Hurricane Melissa just became one of the most powerful storms in Atlantic history.
00:07In just two days, Melissa exploded from a tropical storm to a Category 5 monster,
00:12with winds reaching 185 mph.
00:15It slammed into Jamaica, the strongest hurricane ever recorded there,
00:20knocking out power for nearly 80% of the country.
00:23Homes ripped apart.
00:25Roads flooded.
00:26And entire towns left cut off.
00:28At least 30 people across the Caribbean have died.
00:31But that number could still rise.
00:33Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, and the Bahamas all took heavy hits.
00:38In Haiti, 25 people drowned when a river burst its banks.
00:42In Cuba, over 7 in 35,000 were evacuated before Melissa made landfall.
00:47Rescue crews pushed ambulances through storm debris in Jamaica.
00:50And officials described the damage with one word, catastrophic.
00:53The Prime Minister declared a national disaster and warned against price gouging.
00:59And now, international aid is pouring in from the UK, China, and the US.
01:03Hurricane Melissa is gone.
01:05But the scars it left behind will take years to heal.
01:07About the care for a till
01:30hospital.
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