{"id":112809,"date":"2025-10-30T20:11:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T20:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/112809\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T20:11:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T20:11:14","slug":"wrecked-livelihoods-lost-animals-salvaged-homes-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/112809\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrecked livelihoods, lost animals, salvaged homes \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/weather-events\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/weather-events\/\">Hurricane Melissa<\/a> has blasted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/cuba\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/cuba\/\">Cuba<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/haiti\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/haiti\/\">Haiti<\/a> with torrential rain and howling winds, and has devastated parts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/jamaica\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/jamaica\/\">Jamaica<\/a>, ripping the roofs off homes and hospitals, flooding villages and littering roads with trees and electrical poles. At least 25 people have died across Haiti and 18 are missing, AP reported, citing Haiti\u2019s Civil Protection Agency. Twenty of those reported dead and 10 of the missing are from a southern coastal town where flooding collapsed dozens of homes. At least eight are dead in Jamaica. &#8211; New York Times, Bloomberg<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"A farmer remains inside his flooded house after the passage of Hurricane Melissa through the Cuban town of San Miguel de Parada in Santiago de Cuba province on Wednesday. Photograph: by Yamil Lage\/AFP via Getty Images          \" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ZMQZ5B3I6ZHBBOWERNZFU2AK6E.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"548\"\/>A farmer remains inside his flooded house after the passage of Hurricane Melissa through the Cuban town of San Miguel de Parada in Santiago de Cuba province on Wednesday. Photograph: by Yamil Lage\/AFP via Getty Images           <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"A family salvages belongings from the rubble of their home after it collapsed during Hurricane Melissa's passage through Santiago de Cuba, eastern Cuba, on Wednesday. Photograph: Yamil Lage\/AFP via Getty Images         \" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/R6POGGR3MSROBPKVTT65LJCFFQ.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"600\"\/>A family salvages belongings from the rubble of their home after it collapsed during Hurricane Melissa&#8217;s passage through Santiago de Cuba, eastern Cuba, on Wednesday. Photograph: Yamil Lage\/AFP via Getty Images          <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"A fisherman with his freezer of fish, which he was moving following Hurricane Melissa in the Treasure Beach area of Jamaica, on Wednesday. Photograph: Abbie Townsend\/The New York Times&#10;                      \" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/XLD7KEMV3RNKYYPLQXUHKHIXIY.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>A fisherman with his freezer of fish, which he was moving following Hurricane Melissa in the Treasure Beach area of Jamaica, on Wednesday. Photograph: Abbie Townsend\/The New York Times<br \/>\n                       <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\" Dogs swim up a road in Great Bay following Hurricane Melissa in the Treasure Beach area of Jamaica, on Wednesday. Photograph: Abbie Townsend\/The New York Times&#10;                      \" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CRAFH6XZ2LPMVEY3VMBTXASUFI.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/> Dogs swim up a road in Great Bay following Hurricane Melissa in the Treasure Beach area of Jamaica, on Wednesday. Photograph: Abbie Townsend\/The New York Times<br \/>\n                       <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Lorraine Smith stands on her porch in Great Bay with her dogs amid flooding following Hurricane Melissa in the Treasure Beach area of Jamaica, on Wednesday. Photograph: Abbie Townsend\/The New York Times&#10;                      \" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Z2TIWY5WUNE6UDEAFU57CSWZAY.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Lorraine Smith stands on her porch in Great Bay with her dogs amid flooding following Hurricane Melissa in the Treasure Beach area of Jamaica, on Wednesday. Photograph: Abbie Townsend\/The New York Times<br \/>\n                       <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"A bed washed away by floods is seen after the passage of Hurricane Melissa through the town of San Miguel de Parada in Santiago de Cuba province, Cuba, on Wednesday. Photograph: Yamil Lage\/AFP via Getty Images         \" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/5MLWE5375MGWYEOCNIATLOGWVM.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"600\"\/>A bed washed away by floods is seen after the passage of Hurricane Melissa through the town of San Miguel de Parada in Santiago de Cuba province, Cuba, on Wednesday. Photograph: Yamil Lage\/AFP via Getty Images          <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"A farmer stands next to some of his drowned animals after Hurricane Melissa hit the Cuban town of San Miguel de Parada in Santiago de Cuba province on Wednesday. Photograph: Yamil Lage\/AFP via Getty Images          \" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/KZFLRUB7S5DP5XR4YI5UPGLRUA.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"600\"\/>A farmer stands next to some of his drowned animals after Hurricane Melissa hit the Cuban town of San Miguel de Parada in Santiago de Cuba province on Wednesday. Photograph: Yamil Lage\/AFP via Getty Images           <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Flooded homes after the passage of Hurricane Melissa in Howard Acres neighbourhood in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, on Wednesday. Photograph:  Ricardo Makyn\/AFP via Getty Images\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/W7ALXAFSC5KJSROJOPRT6YQDDU.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Flooded homes after the passage of Hurricane Melissa in Howard Acres neighbourhood in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, on Wednesday. Photograph:  Ricardo Makyn\/AFP via Getty Images <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"A resident sits on part of the roof of his house, damaged by Hurricane Melissa, in Santiago de Cuba, eastern Cuba, on Wednesday. Photograph: Yamil Lage\/AFP via Getty Images\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GYX6KXYYOO3PKB5SCLSWIIVR2I.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>A resident sits on part of the roof of his house, damaged by Hurricane Melissa, in Santiago de Cuba, eastern Cuba, on Wednesday. Photograph: Yamil Lage\/AFP via Getty Images <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Celia Coke stands next to her shop, destroyed after the passage of Hurricane Melissa, in the Wilton district of St Elizabeth, Jamaica on Wednesday. Photograph: Ricardo Makyn\/AFP via Getty Images \" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/X6CXFSY2Q6ANFI4U6PLPDAJBVQ.jpg\"   width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Celia Coke stands next to her shop, destroyed after the passage of Hurricane Melissa, in the Wilton district of St Elizabeth, Jamaica on Wednesday. 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