Hurricane Melissa was the most powerful hurricane to lash the island since record-keeping began 174 years ago.

Jamaican officials describe harrowing scenes across the island, with more than 32 deaths and 25 communities still marooned.

Hurricane Melissa brought devastation and death to the Caribbean as it tore through the region as one of the most powerful storms on earth in more than 150 years.

One week after the category 5 ‘Storm of the Century’ first hit the Caribbean, residents have been left picking up the pieces. Olivia Ireland and Alex Croft report on the sizeable task ahead

Melissa’s terrifying trip through the Caribbean also piled on evidence of the influence of a warming ocean on an evolving hurricane landscape.

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A newlywed who was in Jamaica on his honeymoon when Hurricane Melissa struck said the devastation "completely took the life out of the island". Rob Cuff, a lorry driver from Snedshill in Shropshire, said he and his wife, Leah, 28, spent time comforting hotel staff who had lost their homes on 28 October.

Hurricane Melissa is currently a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph as it's "starting to accelerate northeastward over the Bahamas," the National Hurricane Center said.