June 12, 2026
Water stagnation triggered by extremely heavy rain created breeding ground for the disease, officials say
By Tuesday, Melissa's confirmed death toll climbed to 75, as Haiti's official count climbed to 43 with 13 more missing
The storm leaves hundreds of thousands without power, ripped roofs of buildings and scattered fields with rubble
Satellite imagery shows swaths of trees and homes devastated in the hardest-hit areas of Jamaica
The Category 5 storm did not directly hit Haiti, the Caribbean's most populous nation, but lashed it with days of rain
At least 241 communities remain isolated and without communications following the storm's passage across Santiago province
Half a million people evacuated in Cuba while the storm left hundreds of thousands of Jamaicans without power
The Miami-based hurricane centre warns that "total structural failure" is likely in Melissa's path
