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The Category 5 storm ravaged western Jamaica and drenched the small community of New River, where residents were coping with a massive clean up. At least 19 people have died nationwide, officials said.
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A diplomatic source tells the BBC there is credible evidence that at least 500 people have been killed.
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;Resize=(620)) The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the newest Nobel Peace Prize laureate, a Venezuelan, have weighed in — in dramatically different fashion — about deadly U.S. strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats.
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Hurricane Melissa has caused catastrophic damage across the Caribbean with at least 36 deaths linked to the devastating storm. NBC News' George Solis reports from the ground in Jamaica on the latest conditions and Ivonne Rodriguez-Wiewall, executive advisor for Caribbean Direct Relief, spoke with NBC News' Savannah Sellers about the extensive damage across the Caribbean.
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