Hurricane Melissa has killed at least 32 people across Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, and the Bahamas, leaving widespread destruction in its wake. Officials describe the devastation as “unprecedented,” with entire communities flattened,

Melissa began affecting the southeastern Bahamas on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Authorities in the Bahamas were evacuating dozens of people from the archipelago’s southeast corner ahead of Melissa’s arrival as a Category 1 storm.

At least 20 people in Haiti died Wednesday when a river overflowed. The storm was expected to hit the Bahamas next.

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Hurricane Melissa is slamming eastern Cuba on Wednesday morning, Oct. 29, after hammering Jamaica on Tuesday and causing widespread damage.

Hurricane Melissa was churning toward the Bahamas on Wednesday as a Category 2 storm after lashing Cuba and pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.