00:00Hurricane Melissa has devastated Haiti, unleashing catastrophic flooding, mostly in the country's south.
00:09In Petit Guayave, residents describe torrents of water and mud sweeping through homes.
00:15One survivor, Jean Descroches, says only two members of his family escaped in time.
00:21The rest were lost in the flood.
00:24The water suddenly came rushing down on us.
00:32There were seven of us at home and only two survived.
00:35We had three young children and two elderly relatives we couldn't save.
00:39The flood swept them away and they died.
00:42People in Petit Guayave say they have been without food and no shelters have been provided.
00:55The weather has devastated us here. We've lost both people and possessions.
01:04We don't even have a place to sleep. We're out on the streets with nowhere to rest, hungry and suffering twice over, enduring double misery.
01:14We have no shelter. It's something we simply don't have.
01:19Haiti has suffered the deadliest toll yet from Hurricane Melissa's torrential rains.
01:29Authorities say at least 30 people are dead and 20 are missing after days of relentless downpours.
01:37Although the storm never made landfall, its slow, punishing rains drenched the impoverished nation, washing away homes, roads and entire communities already struggling to recover from years of crisis.
01:53city calls corner
01:55not only 12 o'clock
02:09To be continued, to be positive and prevents itself to incapable.
02:15There's no disease that changes.
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