US EditionCanadian Red Cross Sending Hurricane Relief to Jamaica After Melissa Devastation
The Canadian Red Cross delivered over 18,000 essential items including shelter kits and hygiene products to support hurricane survivors for the coming weeks, officials said.
- On Friday, the Canadian Red Cross flew about 18,000 relief supplies from Mississauga, Ont., to Jamaica for distribution by Jamaican Red Cross workers.
- Tuesday's Category 5 landfall in southwest Jamaica produced 295 kilometres per hour winds, prompting the Canadian Red Cross to send relief after Hurricane Melissa tore through the area.
- Relief packages include shelter kits, blankets, menstrual hygiene products, solar lamps and mosquito nets, which Nazira Lacayo, Canadian Red Cross director, said will help people `get back into their regular lives.`
- The death toll stands at 19 in Jamaica and 31 in Haiti amid Melissa's downgrade to post-tropical status as it moved across the Atlantic Ocean.
- Cassidy McMackon of The Canadian Press reported and credited the coverage on Nov. 1, 2025, detailing the shipment of about 18,000 relief supplies to Jamaica on Friday.
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Canadian Red Cross sending hurricane relief to Jamaica after Melissa devastation - National
The Canadian Red Cross has sent more than 18,000 relief items to Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa struck as a Category 5 storm, leaving at least 19 dead and widespread devastation.
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Canadian Red Cross sending hurricane relief to Jamaica after Melissa devastation
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Many clinics are damaged, the electricity and water supply is also affected: after the hurricane "Melissa" doctors in Jamaica work under the most difficult conditions. More and more field hospitals are being built.
After the devastating hurricane, doctors in Jamaica work under sometimes extreme conditions. Fuel is also scarce on the island. Cuba continues to fight with severe flooding.
After the devastating hurricane, doctors in Jamaica work under some extreme conditions. Fuel is also scarce on the island. Cuba continues to fight with severe floods.Because the devastating hurricane "Melissa" in Jamaica has also damaged many hospitals, the government of the Caribbean island state plans to establish field hospitals in five western districts. Also doctors and nurses, which are partly at the limit, must be supported, said health m…
The death toll of Hurricane Melissa is worsening, with nearly 50 deaths in the Caribbean, including 19 in Jamaica. This is reported by the National Hurricane Center (Nhc) of the United States, which...
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