Hurricane leaves trail of destruction across Caribbean
The storm has been downgraded from a Category 5 to a Category 1 storm but is gathering speed.
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The hurricane - Jamaica's worst to date - was downgraded from a category five storm on Wednesday.
Hurricane Melissa floods and destroys towns across Caribbean
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Melissa causes havoc in Jamaica and Cuba
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Hurricane Melissa - what we know about the damage in Jamaica
The Jamaican authorities are trying to assess the impact of Hurricane Melissa - footage on social media is revealing the scale of the damage left behind
What we know about US strikes targeting alleged drug boats
The BBC's Bernd Debusmann looks at video clips of the strikes that have killed at least 57 people in the Caribbean and Pacific.
