US EditionHurricane Melissa Deals Another Heavy Blow to Jamaica's Farmers and Fishers
- On Nov 2, 2025, Hurricane Melissa is blamed for at least 19 deaths in Jamaica and 31 deaths in Haiti as relief organizations and first responders deliver emergency aid across the northern Caribbean.
- Meteorological data shows Melissa ranked among the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricanes and heavy rains and storm surge submerged St. Elizabeth parish, damaging crops across five eastern provinces.
- Economic context includes Jamaican fisher Prince Davis losing his 50-foot boat, Davis's father’s boat missing, and Jamaica's farming sector, with more than 200,000 farmers and a $25 million coffee industry, facing repeated storm losses.
- Humanitarian groups warn food producers will soon need cash to replace equipment and seed amid 10 million food-insecure people, while Cuba evacuated 735,000 with no known deaths so far.
- The destruction will affect how residents and households earn income and feed families amid Jamaica's $2 billion annual food imports, while around 80% of small-scale producers await aid and CAI raises funds.
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Nearly a week after Melissa hit land in Jamaica as one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded, the Caribbean island is organizing itself to help the people hard hit by the disaster, which killed at least 32 people.
At least 32 people lost their lives because of Hurricane Melissa that hit the island as category 5 last week, leaving devastating damage after its passage, the Government of Jamaica reported this Monday.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Jamaican farms reel from Hurricane Melissa, fueling fears of food shortages
NEW HOLLAND, ST. ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Designed to withstand 150-mph winds, the egg farm Osbourne Brumley built with his life savings in western Jamaica’s St. Elizabeth parish proved no match for Category 5 Hurricane Melissa.
Hurricane Melissa deals another heavy blow to Jamaica's farmers and fishers (World)
The updates sent by friends and neighbors on WhatsApp confirmed what fisher Prince Davis already feared: Hurricane Melissa put a hole in the stern of his 50-foot (15-meter) fishing boat, and damaged the cabin and back deck. His father's boat was nowhere to be found. The roof of the house Davis and h...
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