{"id":54166,"date":"2025-11-02T01:34:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T01:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/jamaica-relief-efforts-continue-in-aftermath-of-hurricane-melissa\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T01:34:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T01:34:54","slug":"jamaica-relief-efforts-continue-in-aftermath-of-hurricane-melissa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/jamaica-relief-efforts-continue-in-aftermath-of-hurricane-melissa\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaica relief efforts continue in aftermath of Hurricane Melissa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Rescuers and aid workers fanned out across Jamaica on Saturday to distribute food and water and reach communities still isolated four days <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hurricane-melissa-death-toll-nears-50-as-it-hurries-toward-bermuda\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">after Hurricane Melissa hit the island<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hurricane-melissa-strongest-hurricanes-atlantic\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">One of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes<\/a><\/span> to make landfall, Melissa has been blamed for at least 19 deaths in Jamaica, 31 in nearby Haiti, and at least one death in the Dominican Republic. Melissa made landfall in southwest Jamaica on Tuesday as a Category 5 hurricane with top winds of 185 mph.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/02\/569fa185-8006-45ba-bd58-6ebc038fbb9d\/thumbnail\/620x349\/c56812304c9a79f6957c1d2edbdf6c4c\/gettyimages-2243939755.jpg#\" alt=\"Jamaica Hurricane Melissa damage \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/02\/569fa185-8006-45ba-bd58-6ebc038fbb9d\/thumbnail\/620x349\/c56812304c9a79f6957c1d2edbdf6c4c\/gettyimages-2243939755.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/02\/569fa185-8006-45ba-bd58-6ebc038fbb9d\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/9fdd90e057f31d0be63d42c708fb5fee\/gettyimages-2243939755.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">An aerial view shows damaged buildings in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, Jamaica, on Oct. 31, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                RICARDO MAKYN\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Health Minister Christopher Tufton recognized that the death toll in Jamaica was probably higher as many places are still hard to access, but said that it would be unwise to speculate.<\/p>\n<p>Less than half the island has communications, and nearly 400 water systems were knocked out by the storm. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Army\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcom.mil\/News\/PressReleases\/Article\/4327422\/jtf-bravo-deploys-to-support-jamaica-disaster-relief-following-hurricane-melissa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">deployed<\/a>\u00a0three CH-47 Chinook helicopters to Jamaica Friday for humanitarian and disaster relief efforts, with another five helicopters on the way.<\/p>\n<p>According to Agence-France Presse, Jamaican officials on Saturday also announced plans to set up multiple field hospitals after several hospitals in western Jamaica were especially hard-hit by the storm. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That facility will come fully equipped, which will include an operating theater and other critical diagnostic equipment, and some team members to support the local team,&#8221; Tufton said in a briefing Saturday, according to AFP, adding that officials expect the hospital to be up and running in the coming week.<\/p>\n<p>There were desperate scenes in Montego Bay, as residents lined up to get food, water and cash. Many U.S. tourists are still working to make their way home. The Florida-based nonprofit Gray Bull Rescue Foundation found a way to get 341 American citizens back from two very hard-hit Montego Bay resorts.\u00a0   <\/p>\n<p>Essential relief supplies are now rolling into hurricane-stricken St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland, most of which had been cut off by fallen concrete posts and trees strewn across roads.<\/p>\n<p>But in some parts, people were forced to dip buckets into rivers, collecting the muddy water for everyday use, while others have been drinking coconut water and roasting breadfruit.<\/p>\n<p>In Westmoreland, mangled metal sheets, splintered wooden frames of houses and fragments of furniture littered the coastline.<\/p>\n<p>Social Security Minister Pearnel Charles Jr. was among several convoys of emergency responders en route to deliver ready-to-eat meals, water, tarpaulins, blankets, medicine and other essentials.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The priority now is to get help to those who need it,&#8221; said Charles Jr. during a brief stop en route to Black River for the first time with long-awaited relief supplies. Prime Minister Andrew Holness had declared Black River ground zero and said the town will have to be rebuilt.<\/p>\n<p>The Jamaica Defense Force set up a satellite disaster relief site at the Luana community center near Black River where care packages are being dispatched to hurricane-stricken residents.<\/p>\n<p>Many have been without vital supplies since Tuesday and quickly converged around a JDF truck as word spread that relief supplies were being distributed in the sweltering afternoon sun.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone is homeless right now,&#8221; Rosemarie Gayle said. &#8220;Thank you, thank you. I can&#8217;t say thank you enough,&#8221; she said, as she accepted a package of rice, beans, sardines, powdered milk, cooking oil and other essentials.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/02\/86a4ffb5-ce44-4c87-b7ae-30f5956261e1\/thumbnail\/620x414\/32765f1abcd7df76a649675fa4cf114a\/gettyimages-2243939792.jpg#\" alt=\"Hurricane Melissa \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/02\/86a4ffb5-ce44-4c87-b7ae-30f5956261e1\/thumbnail\/620x414\/32765f1abcd7df76a649675fa4cf114a\/gettyimages-2243939792.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/02\/86a4ffb5-ce44-4c87-b7ae-30f5956261e1\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/fbbc8576d181366334dc2649b689b5b2\/gettyimages-2243939792.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A vehicle drives through a damaged area in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, on Oct. 31, 2025, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                RICARDO MAKYN\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Melissa <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hurricane-melissa-jamaica-satellite-images-before-after\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">has left devastation in its wake<\/a><\/span>, snapping power lines and toppling buildings, disrupting food and water distribution and destroying crop fields.<\/p>\n<p>Satellite photographs showed the southwestern Jamaican fishing village of White House and the nearby town of Black River before and after Melissa slammed into the island. Each pair captures a once vibrant-looking town reduced to dirt and rubble. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some people have been walking for miles in search of basic goods and to check on loved ones, as more than 60% of the island remained without power. Helicopters have been dropping food in cut-off communities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People are in shock and they&#8217;re waiting on relief,&#8221; said World Vision&#8217;s national director of domestic humanitarian and emergency affairs Mike Bassett, who traveled to the town of Santa Cruz in St. Elizabeth on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The biggest needs are clean water, tarps for roof damage, canned proteins, hygiene and cleaning supplies,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the United Nations&#8217; World Food Program received 2,000 boxes of emergency food assistance shipped from Barbados, to be distributed in shelters and in the most-affected communities in the St. Elizabeth area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They will help meet the needs of 6,000 people for one week,&#8221; said communications officer for WFP Alexis Masciarelli.<\/p>\n<p>Tufton also warned about the risk of increased mosquitoes, waterborne diseases and food poisoning. &#8220;Please discard spoiled food,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>A U.S. regional disaster assistance response team was on the ground after being activated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier this week, the U.S. Embassy in Jamaica said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The United States stands with Jamaica as they respond to the impacts of the hurricane and remains prepared to swiftly deliver emergency relief items,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/02\/fcedf694-450b-44fa-adc4-755922da637d\/thumbnail\/620x414\/9e8a5b48c72fcc35b2520a03958c45e8\/gettyimages-2243936925.jpg#\" alt=\"Hurricane Melissa damage Jamaica \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/02\/fcedf694-450b-44fa-adc4-755922da637d\/thumbnail\/620x414\/9e8a5b48c72fcc35b2520a03958c45e8\/gettyimages-2243936925.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/02\/fcedf694-450b-44fa-adc4-755922da637d\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/2f2a9ff1b5083e50057b0b79558b710f\/gettyimages-2243936925.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Dorothy Headley, 75, prepares a meal of cow liver over a wood fire as damaged property is seen in the background in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa in the Watercress community of Westmoreland, Jamaica, on Oct. 31, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                RICARDO MAKYN\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jamaica&#8217;s Water and Environment Minister Matthew Samuda <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/matthewsamuda\/status\/1984605832936345624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">took to the social media platform X<\/a> in a desperate bid to find tarpaulin after Melissa tore off scores of roofs on homes in western Jamaica. X users chimed in to help, indicating where they had seen supplies.<\/p>\n<p>Falmouth, a popular fishing spot on Jamaica&#8217;s north coast, had suffered significant damage including flooding and flattened buildings, Holness said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our immediate priority is to restore electricity and telecommunications and to ensure that essential services, particularly at the Falmouth Hospital, are stabilized,&#8221; he said on X, adding that Jamaica would rebuild &#8220;stronger and wiser.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following the devastation, the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility said that it would make a record payout to Jamaica of $70.8 million.<\/p>\n<p>The facility enables countries to pool their individual risks to provide affordable coverage against natural disasters. The payout will be made within 14 days, the group said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Finance Minister Fayval Williams said Thursday that the CCRIF insurance policy was just one part of the government&#8217;s financial plan to respond to natural disasters. 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