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A Jamaican family affected by Hurricane Melissa is urgently seeking funds to cover a $170,000 USD cost for their 13-year-old son's kidney transplant in Florida, as he suffers from Stage 5 kidney disease and requires dialysis and a transplant to survive.
After Hurricane Melissa in 2025, Caribbean tourism authorities and industry leaders focused on recovery, sustainability, and resilience through collaborations, master planning, environmental tech investments, and community support, demonstrating the region's strong commitment to rebuilding and adapting for future challenges.
Jamaica's Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett praised the swift and coordinated effort to repatriate 25,000 tourists within a week after Hurricane Melissa, demonstrating the country's resilience and effective crisis management, with strong support from industry stakeholders and quick restoration of essential services.
Hurricane Melissa caused extensive physical damage in Jamaica, but the storm also left a significant psychological impact, with many survivors experiencing trauma, PTSD, and anxiety. Experts emphasize the need to integrate mental health support into disaster response, highlighting community resilience and international aid efforts, while noting that long-term recovery requires addressing both physical and emotional wounds.
The Dominican Republic experienced a nationwide blackout caused by a failure in the electricity transmission system, linked to issues at a substation and shutdowns at major power plants, leading to chaos and evacuations in the capital, Santo Domingo, amid ongoing smaller outages and recent hurricane impacts.
David Hale, a man from Cornwall working in Jamaica, has decided to stay after Hurricane Melissa to assist with rebuilding efforts, helping clear debris, repair homes, and deliver supplies, while raising funds to support affected communities.
Maxine Campbell, a resident of Hanover affected by Hurricane Melissa, expresses her frustration over the lack of emotional support from relief agencies, emphasizing that mental health and compassion are as crucial as physical aid like food and supplies. She highlights the suffering of the community, especially the elderly, and calls for more empathetic assistance and better distribution of relief packages.
Communities in Jamaica devastated by Hurricane Melissa are still waiting for aid, with residents facing severe destruction, slow relief efforts, and calls for increased international support amid climate change concerns.
A study links Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm to hit Jamaica, to climate change, showing that global warming has increased the storm's strength, rainfall, and rapid intensification, highlighting the urgent need for climate action and finance to support vulnerable nations.
Hurricane Melissa caused unprecedented destruction in the Caribbean, especially Jamaica, highlighting the region's vulnerability to climate change, which is intensifying storms. The article discusses the impact on communities, the psychological toll, and the urgent need for climate justice, reparations, and future-proofing efforts, with regional and international calls for support and action.
Hurricane Melissa, the strongest storm to hit Jamaica, caused damages estimated at 28-32% of the country's GDP, leading to significant economic and infrastructural setbacks, with regional impacts across the Caribbean and a death toll of at least 75. The prime minister emphasized the need for climate-resilient rebuilding and international support, highlighting the increasing severity of storms due to climate change.
Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm, caused catastrophic destruction in Black River, Jamaica, destroying 90% of homes and key infrastructure, highlighting the extensive rebuilding challenges faced by Jamaican communities affected by severe weather events.
Farms in Vermont are rallying to support Jamaican seasonal workers affected by Hurricane Melissa, which caused significant damage in Jamaica. Many workers have returned home to find their properties destroyed, prompting local aid efforts including crowdfunding campaigns to assist them and their families. Vermont relies heavily on Jamaican workers for agriculture, and communities are working to provide support during this crisis.
Jamaica is rushing to recover from Hurricane Melissa, which caused significant damage to its western region just before the peak tourism season, but efforts are underway to repair infrastructure and restore the sector, which is vital to the country's economy, despite ongoing challenges and a rising death toll.
Hurricane Melissa, tying the record as the strongest Atlantic hurricane to make landfall, caused catastrophic damage in Jamaica, with satellite images revealing extensive destruction and aiding rescue efforts; the storm resulted in at least 50 deaths and over $50 billion in damages.