Hurricane Melissa devastates Jamaica
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Seven live video feeds from locations all over Jamaica. Whatever the original purpose may have been, any live video feed can become a valuable resource.
Hurricane Melissa has caused extreme destruction and a rising death total across the Caribbean as the storm moves towards the Bahamas on Oct. 29.
Melissa is now a Category 1 moving through the Bahamas after the storm made a historic landfall in Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history.
The death toll across Jamaica is expected to rise, but Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie would not provide a number on Thursday. About 13,000 people are staying in 521 shelters as of Thursday afternoon, he said.
Melissa will bring heavy rain from the Mid-Atlantic to New England as it heads toward Bermuda and Canada. It leaves a trail of destruction in the Caribbean.
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