Death toll climbs to 50 in Caribbean
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In Jamaica, 25,000 people crowded into shelters after the hurricane destroyed homes and left most of the island without power.
The scale of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa is emerging, with dozens of people known to have died in Haiti and four deaths reported in Jamaica - and the storm is now approaching the Bahamas.
Hurricane Melissa, which is stronger than Hurricane Katrina, is set to bring catastrophic winds, flash flooding and high storm surges to the island of Jamaica.