Communities across the Caribbean are reeling in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, which ripped through Jamaica, Cuba and Hispaniola, the island comprising Haiti and the Dominican Republic, this week.

Hurricane Melissa barrelled through the Caribbean yesterday after thrashing Cuba’s second-biggest city, isolating hundreds of rural communities, unleashing devastation in Jamaica and drenching Haiti, ...

At least 30 people are known to have died, though the full toll of the catastrophic storm may take days or weeks to be determined.