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A stranded Rupert Roach sits on a bench at the Mandeville Regional Hospital, where he will have to wait out the hurricane before returning home.
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Mandeville braces for Melissa’s wrath

As heavy rain and strong winds from Hurricane Melissa battered Mandeville on Monday afternoon, Rupert Roach sat alone on a bench in the Accident and Emergency Department at the Mandeville Regional…
Patricial Stewart feeds the chickens in one of three henhouses at the Golden Egg Farm in St Mary on Monday.
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10,000 chickens to ‘ride out’ hurricane on St Mary farm

The rush was on yesterday at the Golden Egg Farm in Georgia, St Mary, as workers raced to harvest eggs and feed 10,000 layer chickens ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Melissa. The memories of…
Rosemarie Bent in a photo with persons using her home in Flagaman, St Elizebeth, as a shelter. Those persons had nowhere to go as they prepared for the Category 5 Hurricane Melissa which is expected to make landfall today.
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Mother, son turn Flagaman home into sanctuary for persons fleeing Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: In the hilly terrain of Flagaman, St Elizabeth, where the wind hums through sprawling melon fields and resilience grows as abundantly as the crops, melon vendor Rosemarie Bent has once…
Sanitation workers collecting garbage in a section of the Second City on Monday ahead of the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
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Chinese supermarkets save the day for MoBay’s ‘Melissa doubters’

WESTERN BUREAU: Except for the Chinese-owned supermarkets and sanitation workers, downtown Montego Bay resembled a ghost town yesterday. Businesses, gas stations, and street vendors had all cleared…
One of several homes in Dumfries, St James, fortified by residents ahead of the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
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Residents in rural St James on edge

WESTERN BUREAU: As many Jamaicans anxiously await to see what will unfold when Hurricane Melissa makes landfall, yesterday was a day of mixed feelings for several St James residents, who were…
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Category 5 Hurricane Melissa now closer to Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Hurricane Melissa, now a Category 5 storm with winds in excess of 160 miles per hour, is inching towards Jamaica on Monday and is expected to move near or over the Caribbean…
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KSAMC: Persuasion not force being used to relocate homeless amid TS Melissa

In light of public concern regarding the relocation of homeless individuals across the municipality, the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) says it has taken a rights-based and…
The health ministry says vector control activities, including fogging, larviciding, and community inspections, are likely to be temporarily disrupted following the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
27 Oct, 2025 0

Stock up on mosquito repellent amid anticipated increase in pest population after Melissa - MOH

The Ministry of Health & Wellness is advising Jamaicans to stock up on mosquito repellent to protect themselves from mosquito bites in anticipation of a significant increase in the mosquito…
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Haitians urged to remain vigilant as Melissa blamed for four deaths and injury of 15

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Haitian authorities were on Monday urging people to remain vigilant as Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm, could bring life-threatening flash flooding and landslides in…