Melissa leaves 50 dead in Caribbean

Jamaican officials announced plans Saturday to set up multiple field hospitals as it recovers from Hurricane Melissa, with the death toll numbering at least 50 across the Caribbean— and expected to rise.

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The island’s confirmed deaths remain at 19 as of Saturday, though health minister Christopher Tufton told a briefing “I would imagine it’s more... because there are still places that we have had difficulties reaching.”