US EditionJamaica faces long recovery after Hurricane Melissa's damage
Hurricane Melissa caused 90% structural damage in Black River, left 60% of Jamaica without power, and resulted in at least 19 deaths, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Hurricane Melissa made landfall near Black River, Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane with 185 mph winds, leaving up to 90% of the town roofless and killing at least 19 people.
- Tied to Atlantic records for intensity, Hurricane Melissa produced 15-foot storm surges crashing into aged structures and shredded the famed bamboo tunnel, with soldiers clearing routes with machetes.
- With over 60% of Jamaica without power, helicopters are airdropping food to isolated communities while residents scramble for essentials and collect water-damaged goods from local businesses.
- CCRIF SPC announced a record $70.8 million payout to the Government of Jamaica, to be disbursed within 14 days, raising Jamaica's cumulative CCRIF receipts to $100.9 million.
- Automatic parametric triggers and pre-arranged insurance will mobilize liquidity within days as its tropical cyclone policy was triggered three days after Melissa crossed the island.
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Jamaica faces long recovery after Hurricane Melissa's damage
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) - Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica earlier this week as a Category 5 storm, leaving over 70% of the island without power. The storm has resulted in the deaths of 19 people in Jamaica and has caused significant infrastructure damage, including the closure of 82 roads. Western Massachusetts sees much-needed rainfall to ease drought Cliff Williams, Eversource Vice President of Safety, began his career in the u…
Jamaica reels from catastrophic hurricane Melissa as Black River lies in ruins
The coastal town of Black River, described by the Jamaican government as Hurricane Melissa's "ground zero," lies devastated after one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record tore through the island, claiming at least 19 lives and leaving a trail of unprecedented destruction.
The devastating economic losses caused by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica will represent a “yugo” that will weigh on the country’s economy for years, warned Nahuel Arenas on Sunday, head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) for the Americas and the Caribbean, based in Panama. Melissa, considered the most powerful hurricane that has hit land in the Caribbean in the last 90 years, left nearly 60 dead in the region, 28 of w…
Jamaica's Black River Hospital in ruins, but every patient saved
Doctors and nurses at the Black River Hospital in St Elizabeth are recounting scenes of chaos and courage as Hurricane Melissa tore through the southern Jamaican parish earlier last week, leaving the medical facility in ruins. Emergency Medicine Resident Dr Robert Powell told Barbados TODAY that despite severe flooding and structural collapse, all 71 patients admitted before the hurricane survived. “Our team of doctors were able, even during the…
The human balance is increasing while relief is being organized to help the affected populations after the devastating passage of the weather phenomenon. The violent hurricane Melissa has caused significant loss of life and massive destruction on its way to the Caribbean. Local authorities report about fifty deaths, mainly in Haiti and [...] The Melissa article leaves a trail of desolation in the Caribbean appeared first on Le Singulier.
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