Hurricane Melissa leaves 49 dead in Caribbean, churns north

Young men carry bags as they walk on an urban street strewn with rubble.

Hurricane Melissa’s confirmed death toll climbed to 49 on Thursday, according to official reports, after wreaking destruction across much of the northern Caribbean and picking up speed as it headed past Bermuda in the North Atlantic.

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