'Send help': The desperate pleas from Hurricane Melissa survivors

Cristiana Gigina

Driving through western Jamaica, it's staggering how wide Hurricane Melissa's field of destruction is. Town after town, miles apart, where trees have been uprooted and roofs peeled back. Some homes are now just a pile of rubble, and we still don't know how deadly this storm has been, although authorities warn the death toll will likely rise. A total of 49 people have died in Melissa's charge across the Caribbean - 19 in Jamaica alone. My team and I headed from Kingston airport, towards where