US EditionAid efforts struggle to bring relief to parts of hurricane-stricken Jamaica
Aid workers deliver food, water, and medicine to isolated Jamaican communities after Hurricane Melissa, which caused widespread power outages and destroyed crops, officials said.
- On Saturday, rescuers and aid workers fanned out across Jamaica to distribute food and water and reach communities still isolated as relief supplies arrived in Elizabeth and Westmoreland.
- Hurricane Melissa made landfall in southwest Jamaica on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm with top winds of 185 mph, and it has been blamed for at least 19 deaths.
- Social Security Minister Pearnel Charles Jr. led convoys delivering ready-to-eat meals, water, tarpaulins, blankets and medicine, while helicopters dropped food and U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopters supported relief Friday.
- The United Nations' World Food Program received 2,000 boxes of emergency food assistance from Barbados to help 6,000 people for one week, and officials plan to set up a fully equipped field hospital, according to Health Minister Christopher Tufton.
- Finance Minister Fayval Williams said CCRIF is part of Jamaica's financial plan, alongside a contingencies fund, national natural disaster reserve, and catastrophe bond, with a $70.8 million payout due within 14 days.
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Dispatch ArgusEfforts bringing aid to storm-stricken Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Rescuers and aid workers fanned out across Jamaica on Saturday to distribute food and water and reach communities still isolated four days after Hurricane Melissa struck the island as a Category 5 storm.
Aftermath of Hurricane Melissa: Jamaica's Struggle for Recovery and Resilience | Science-Environment
Aftermath of Hurricane Melissa: Jamaica's Struggle for Recovery and Resilience Rescue operations have intensified in Jamaica following the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa. Aid workers are diligently distributing essential supplies, such as food and water, to communities still cut off days after the storm's onslaught.In the severely affected areas of St Elizabeth and Westmoreland, resources are finally reaching residents who have been iso…
Aid workers struggle to reach communities cut off by Hurricane Melissa
Rescuers and aid workers across Jamaica on Saturday are struggling to reach communities still isolated four days after Hurricane Melissa hit the island. Melissa has left devastation in its wake, snapping power lines and toppling buildings, disrupting food and water distribution and destroying crop fields.
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