Hurricane Melissa heading towards Bahamas, death toll in Caribbean crosses 30: Live

The entire city has been left underwater, including one of the islands. airports There has been flooding and more than half a million people are without power. Thousands of tourists remained stranded. Including 8,000 BritonsThousands of local people are in shelters.

footage of damage caused to Airport seating area shown in Montego Bay Torn fields, broken glass and collapsed roofs after Category 5 Storm Strike. Four hospitals were damaged, at least one had its roof torn off, trees were uprooted and roads were flooded overnight.

Charlie Saint-Vil, a 30-year-old resident of Petit-Goave, Haiti, said associated Press That “people have lost everything.”

Hurricane Melissa killed at least 20 people, including children, in Saint-Vil’s hometown. Haitian authorities reported at least 25 deaths in total.

Saint-Vil said he is hosting many people who lost their homes in the storm.

“I will do what I can, but it is not easy because the situation is really complicated for everyone,” he said.

As of 8 p.m. Wednesday, a hurricane warning is in effect:

• Southeastern and Central Bahamas
• bermuda

A tropical storm warning is in effect for:

National Hurricane Center warned that residents of the Bahamas should remain in shelter, and preparations should be completed in Bermuda before tropical-storm-force winds arrive.

Hurricane Melissa is headed toward the Bahamas this evening as a Category 1 hurricane with winds of up to 90 mph, according to an 8 p.m. update from the National Hurricane Center.

“On the forecast track, the main body of Melissa is expected to move across the southeastern or central Bahamas this evening, and pass near or west of Bermuda late Thursday night,” the agency said.

The storm is expected to strengthen this evening, before weakening again tomorrow.

The death toll from Hurricane Melissa has reached at least 34, according to the latest count from local authorities.

At least 25 people, including children, have been killed in Haiti, local officials said Wednesday night. At least eight people have also died in Jamaica and one death has been reported in the Dominican Republic.

Haiti’s civil protection agency said Wednesday that at least 25 people, including at least ten children, had died and 18 were missing. associated Press Report.

Twenty deaths occurred in Petit-Goave, where a swollen river caused widespread flooding, the agency said.

Hurricane Melissa was the most powerful hurricane to hit Jamaica since record-keeping began 174 years ago.

This caused roofs to collapse and trees to fall, landslides and massive flooding, resulting in the deaths of at least eight people.

As of Wednesday, more than 25,000 people were housed in shelters, and the country’s education minister said 77 percent of the island was without power.