The scope of the historic disaster that is the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa is just starting to come into focus a week after the record-setting storm made landfall and carved a path of immense destruction across the western part of Jamaica.

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The Trump administration cut a NOAA program that had tracked weather events that caused at least $1 billion in damage. A nonprofit organization has redeveloped the database.

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With the help of satellites, we are beginning to get an understanding of just how catastrophic Hurricane Melissa was. On Oct. 28, Hurricane Melissa became the fourth hurricane in 75 years to make landfall on the island of Jamaica and shattered several Atlantic hurricane records.

Hurricane Melissa damaged several Caribbean islands and left at least 60 people dead. One family that was trapped in Jamaica is just now getting back home.