Hurricane Melissa has torn a path of total devastation across parts of the Caribbean, as dozens have been killed, including at least five people in Jamaica and a further 20 in Haiti, and there has been considerable damage in Cuba.
In Jamaica, officials say more casualties are expected, as the country grapples with power outages, meanwhile, Bermuda's government say conditions are expected to "deteriorate rapidly" as the hurricane approaches. The UK government has chartered flights to help British nationals leave Jamaica
In Cuba, Francisco Pichon, who is the UN's Resident Co-ordinator for Cuba, says: “More than 3 million people were exposed to life-threatening conditions in Cuba during the storm, as 735,000 people were "safely evacuated"
“No fatalities have been reported so far, but almost 240 communities have been cut off due to flooding and landslides, according to Cuban authorities. Cuba's second and fourth largest cities, Santiago de Cuba and Holguín, were impacted, with the nation dealing with damage to health facilities, schools, power lines, and telecommunications
In Haiti, - interim UN co-ordinator for the island nation, Gregoire Goodstein, said: “The death toll stands at 24, many of whom died when a river overflowed in Petit-Goave.
“A full assessment is still ongoing, as there are still areas that authorities haven't been able to access. Around 15,000 people were sheltered in over 120 shelters, with there being significant losses to the agricultural sector, with banana plantations hit and saturation of soil.
“There is already widespread humanitarian crisis in Haiti, Goodstein adds - with 1.4 million people currently displaced due to gang violence.” Arguably the most striking impact of the hurricane can be seen in images of the southwestern coastal port of Black River.
By comparing a satellite image taken on 9 February with one taken on 29 October - after the hurricane hit - you can see that the distinctive white roof of a building housing a market has been replaced by a gaping hole. A little further north, a café has been wiped off the map.
At the top of the image, the red roof of a warehouse has disappeared. The outline of the fire station next to the market is still visible but the top of the building appears to have been torn off. Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness has described Black River as "ground zero" after sharing footage of the destruction there.
Photographs of White House, a fishing village on the west coast of Jamaica, which is home to several thousand people, revealed how it bore the brunt as Melissa made landfall with winds of up to 185 mph. Nearly every structure appears to have been damaged or destroyed.
In particular, the buildings next to the beach appear to have razed to the ground. These include restaurants called Marva's and Pelican Lookout.
The top of a large circular structure is now missing and further inland, along the main road, a cluster of shops has been hit hard. Fishing boats in the bay - seen in satellite imagery on 7 October - have disappeared.
Officials have said that roughly 70% of the island was without power. Despite a category 5 slamming into the island two days ago, the buildings in central Kingston appear to have gone unscathed.
