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  1. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in a blue pinstripe suit with American flag on his lapel, raises his eyebrows and holds out his hand as he speaks during a meeting at the White House on October 14, 2025 in Washington, DC

  2. A split screen of satellite images of Black River from February on the left and from October on the right.

  3. Two side-by-side images show hurricane devastation. There is a BBC Verify graphic imposed on top.

  4. Nick Davis, wearing a short sleeve shirt, points to a destroyed building as a fallen roof is seen in the background

  5. A woman lifts a blue tarpaulin which covers a body. She appears to be crying out. The legs of bystanders can be seen behind her.

  6. A car drives through the a destroyed neighbourhood following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, in Black River, Jamaica

  7. A woman stands in front of a damaged home, gesturing as she speaks. She is wearing a white T-shirt and denim shorts, behind her, fallen trees and large roots are tangled among debris from the destroyed house. Household items such as clothes, bedding and furniture are scattered amid the wreckage. The roof appears collapsed and a large tree trunk lies across the ruins.

  8. Drone view of flooding after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, October 29, 2025. Two orange-painted houses are partly submerged in water and large sections of the roofs are missing. In the distance are palm trees and mountains.

  9. ChatGPT said: A damaged orange house with a partially collapsed roof is surrounded by floodwater and debris, with nearby trees and other homes also submerged following severe flooding.

  10. A street affected by Hurricane Melissa in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. A fallen telephone pole and fallen trees. The ground in wet and there are tree branches on the ground. The sky is grey. There are people walking in the street.

  11. A young man walks on the rubble left on the street following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, in Black River, Jamaica on October 29, 2025.

  12. People in Haiti are navigating the town after it got flooded from Hurricane Melissa.

  13. A woman looks at a house damaged by Hurricane Melissa in Saint Ann Parish in Middlesex County, Jamaica, 29 October 2025

  14. Paula Robinson sat on a settee wearing a leopard print jacket. She has long black hair and is wearing wide, black-rimmed glasses.

  15. Cars are seen along a road which is surrounded by floodwaters

  16. A man in a green hoodie walks past a damaged property in Jamaica

  17. A woman with black hair in a bun, a black and white animal print top and silver hoop earrings is bend down to pose next to another woman, who is sitting on a chair. The woman on the chair has black hair which is pulled back, and black and gold glasses, with a green top.

  18. A man inspects plastic sheets serving as roofs for makeshift homes during heavy rains brought by Hurricane Melissa, at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints shelter, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 29 October 2025.

  19. Moheisha McDonald holds her baby brother Ozieion Foster after Hurricane Melissa made landfall, in Black River, Jamaica, October 30, 2025.

  20. Rio de Janeiro Police officers transfer a group of people detained during an operation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 28 October 2025. The officer is holding a weapon and is wearing a balaclava. The suspects are stripped down to their waist. They both have tattoos.

  21. A house damaged by Hurricane Melissa in Kingston, Jamaica

  22. Family picture of Kyle Holmes and his wife and three children sheltering inside their hotel room as Hurricane Melissa tore across Jamaica.

  23. Splitscreen of Melissa's aftermath. On the left, a balcony with debris. On the right, a pan of the devastation.

  24. Dave Swaffer, a balding white man, stood in his living room wearing glasses holding an photo of him and his wife Judith.