Before Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica and Haiti on Tuesday (Oct. 28), faith-based disaster relief groups were already making plans to respond.
Melissa, a Category 5 storm, has already rolled over Jamaica and Cuba and caused flooding and storm surges across the Caribbean, killing 20 people in Haiti, according to The New York Times. The full toll from the storm, downgraded to Category 2 by Wednesday afternoon, is expected to rise as authorities assess the damage and loss of life over the next few days.
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