Haiti post Melissa floods- 2 AP short videos Watch and read reports at Heating Planet blog

People across the northern Caribbean were digging out from the destruction of Melissa Thursday Oct 29 as deaths from the catastrophic storm climbed. The hurricane unleashed catastrophic flooding in Haiti, where at least 25 people were reported killed and 18 others missing in the country’s southern region. Haiti’s Civil Protection Agency said Hurricane Melissa killed at least 20 people in Petit-Goâve, including 10 children. It also damaged more than 160 homes and destroyed 80 others.

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Port-au-Prince, Haiti - 29 October 2025

1. Flooded pathways inside camp, residents outside

2. SOUNDBITE (Haitian Creole) Monise Saint-Jermain, local resident: "At the moment of the storm, I spent the night standing on a bucket. All those clothes that the children normally would sleep on got wet. So, the kids slept on the buckets."

3. Young girl clearing floodwaters 4. Flooded walkway 5. Woman clearing water out from her home 6.Various of man putting red tarp over makeshift shelters 7. Wide of camp

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VIDEO 2 Hurricane Melissa triggers deadly flooding in Haiti Petit-Goâve, Haiti - 30 October 2025

1.⁠ ⁠People crossing a river 2.⁠ People shoveling water and mud 3. Flooded road, water running down the road 4.⁠ Jean Deroche showing house damaged by flooding 5.⁠ SOUNDBITE (Haitian Creole) Jean Deroche, resident: “The water suddenly came rushing down on us. There were seven of us at home, and only two survived. We had three young children and two elderly relatives we couldn’t save. The flood swept them away, and they died.” 6. Local resident Michelet Degange walking machete in hand 7. SOUNDBITE (Haitian Creole) Michelet Degange, resident: “The weather has devastated us here. We’ve lost both people and possessions. We don’t even have a place to sleep. We’re out on the streets with nowhere to rest, hungry and suffering twice over — enduring double misery. We have no shelter; it’s something we simply don’t have.” 8. Man taking out garbage 9. Various of people in flooding, damaged houses 10. River

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