Hurricane Melissa has left at least 34 dead in the Caribbean: eight in Jamaica, one in the Dominican Republican and 25 in Haiti, a lower total from an earlier count of 40. The number of reported deaths in Haiti often fluctuates early on following major natural disasters.

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Hurricane Melissa is forecast to gain strength as it moves toward Bermuda after lashing the Bahamas and Cuba and carving a deadly swath of destruction in Jamaica and Haiti.

Catastrophic’ storm kills over 30 in the Caribbean as it moves through the Bahamas - Hurricane Melissa is expected to move across the Bahamas on Wednesday evening

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Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis said whatever the outcome of Hurricane Melissa, The Bahamas would “rebuild” and “rise again”.

The hurricane brought heavy rain, widespread flooding and winds close to 100 miles an hour to the central and southeast Bahamas.

Hurricane Melissa cut through the southeast Bahamas Wednesday and is expected to pass just west of Bermuda by late Thursday.