The Jamaican authorities said they were not able to confirm the death toll from the storm yet, but expected it to rise in the coming days.

Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica on October 28 as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to ever make landfall on the island nation.

At least 23 people, including 10 children, died in Haiti's southern town of Petit-Goave when a river burst its banks.