Hurricane Melissa became the strongest storm to ever hit Jamaica when it made landfall last month, destroying entire communities and ravaging the country’s economy. Aid organisations tell Alex Croft and Bryony Gooch that the rebuild will be long and painful
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Hurricane Melissa became the strongest storm to ever hit Jamaica when it made landfall last month, destroying entire communities and ravaging the country’s economy. Aid organisations tell Alex Croft and Bryony Gooch that the rebuild will be long and painful
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At least seven people have already been killed as the storm batters the Caribbean with heavy winds and torrential rainfall
At least four people have already been killed as the storm batters the Caribbean with heavy winds and torrential rainfall
"There is no infrastructure in the region that can withstand a Category 5," Prime Minister Andrew Holness said. "The question now…
Hurricane Melissa is ‘one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin’
The catastrophic and record-breaking storm is barreling toward Jamaica at speed
Watch a live view of Hurricane Melissa making landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday (28 October).
