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The world’s strongest storm of the year has torn through Jamaica with 185mph winds and flash flooding, causing widespread devastation.
Whole towns have been left underwater, one of the island’s airports has been flooded and more than half a million people are without power. Tens of thousands of tourists remain stranded, including 8,000 Britons, with thousands of locals in shelters.
Footage of the damage to the airport in Montego Bay showed seating areas ripped up, broken glass and collapsed ceilings after the Category 5 storm hit. Four hospitals were damaged, at least one with its roof torn off, trees were uprooted and roads were deluged overnight.
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