Though the full effects of Tropical Storm Melissa have yet to be felt in the Caribbean, Haiti’s disaster office said Friday three people have already died and another was injured in a landslide attributed to the storm’s heavy rains.

Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 5 storm early Monday, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to bring catastrophic flooding to the northern Caribbean.

DEVASTATING footage shows a major Jamaican tourist airport in ruins after Hurricane Melissa wreaked havoc across the Caribbean island. The country has now been declared a “disaster

DESPITE being under the gun for most of last week, St Thomas emerged largely unscathed as Hurricane Melissa crashed into the south-western section of Jamaica on Tuesday. But for people living near Plantain Garden River in Bath, St Thomas, Tuesday morning brought panic as landslides ripped through the riverbank, threatening to swallow their homes.

A man died and his wife was critically injured after a landslide buried their house in Kerala’s Adimali. Rescue teams worked seven hours in heavy rain to pull them from the debris. Locals blame recent hill-cutting for the tragedy.

A major inquiry into the disastrous January landslide on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula concludes the incident was caused by a burst main that gushed water for months beforehand.