Hurricane Melissa's death toll climbed to 46 on Friday, days after the record-breaking storm barreled through the Caribbean and left behind a wake of destruction. The death toll in Jamaica rose to 19 by Friday morning, Dana Morris Dixon, the country's minister for education, skills, youth and information, said at a Friday press conference. Dixon suggested that the death count will grow, saying, "We do expect that number will change today." "Every single life that is lost is a huge tragedy, and