Follow live updates on Hurricane Melissa as the death toll reaches 38 people. Recovery efforts are underway in Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.

Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba were assessing the damage and beginning to dig out after they were slammed by Hurricane Melissa, which left dozens dead.

Melissa was a Category 2 storm with sustained winds of 105 mph as of 7 a.m. Thursday and a hurricane warning was in effect in Bermuda. Melissa was 605 miles west of Bermuda, moving north-northeast at 21 mph. There is no threat to Louisiana or the Gulf Coast.

As Hurricane Melissa accelerates northeastward over the western Atlantic, it will pass just west of Bermuda and could pass over the southeastern part of Newfoundland with torrential rain, high winds and heavy seas.

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Joanne McCaul, originally from the Ballygawley area, tragically died after a single vehicle collision in Paget, Bermuda in the early hours of Tuesday 21 October