At least ten people have died in Haiti due to flooding caused by Hurricane Melissa, which has been hitting the Caribbean region for several days, local authorities told AFP on Wednesday, October 29.
The La Digue river, in the coastal town of Petit-Goâve (south), overflowed and swept away several people, according to the town’s mayor and the general director of a local hospital, stating that more than ten bodies have been found and that searches continue to find the missing.
Torrential rains
The very powerful Hurricane Melissa passed through here. Tuesday October 28 Jamaica, knocking down roofs and trees in its path and causing torrential rains, then headed towards Cuba.
With sustained winds close to 300 kilometers per hour, the then Category 5 hurricane, the highest on the Saffir-Simpson scale, hit western Jamaica Tuesday at noon.
He was one of the most powerful hurricanes on recordand the worst to hit Jamaica since weather records began. In order of comparison, Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans in the United States 20 years ago and caused more than 1,000 deaths, was weaker.
Source: BFM TV
