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Hurricane Melissa has carved a path of devastation through the Caribbean this week, first battering Jamaica, then surging into Cuba. It's left tens of thousands homeless, power grids faltering, and nations mobilising aid. At least 27 people are confirmed dead across Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba, with early estimates suggesting hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.

A WARNING THAT THIS STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC ELEMENTS THAT MAY DISTRESS SOME PEOPLE. There are fears for tens of thousands of civilians trapped in the western Sudanese city of Al Fasher, after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces overran the military's last stronghold in the Darfur region. Aid groups and observers are now documenting cases of mass killings and other atrocities. SBS spoke with Nathaniel Raymond of the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab about the gravity of the crisis.

Hurricane Melissa is regathering strength as it makes way towards Cuba, where mass evacuations are taking place. Jamaica has officially been declared a disaster zone after Melissa swept through as a Category Five storm, weakening to a Category Four. The Caribbean disaster has left at least seven people dead with casualties reported in Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.