At least 20 dead in Haiti as Jamaican minister warns Hurricane Melissa recovery 'won't be easy'
BBC update
PEOPLE were stuck on roofs after Jamaica's strongest-ever hurricane, a minister says, as most of the country remains without power.
Our correspondent in Kingston, Nick Davis, reports floods, mudslides, and "palm trees tossed like toothpicks".
At least 20 people - including 10 children - are reported to have died in river floods in Haiti, which is to the east of Jamaica.
After crossing Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa hit Cuba, bringing 115mph winds and heavy rain and warnings of "life-threatening" storm surges.
"The night was terrifying," one man in Cuba tells us. "It sounded like a tornado. I was awake all night".
The hurricane is now moving north-east towards the Bahamas and Bermuda.
