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Motorists wait for the clearance of Bamboo Avenue, popularly known as Holland Bamboo, in St Elizabeth following Hurricane Melissa.

December 9, 2025 by Kimone Francis

24hrs stuck inHolland Bamboo

Dozens of motorists and emergency responders were stranded for more than 24 hours along the Holland Bamboo main road in St Elizabeth since Wednesday, surviving on fallen coconuts after Hurricane…

Holes in the roof of MegaMart Wholesale Club’s Montego Bay store after the passage of Hurricane Melissa.

December 9, 2025 by Luke Douglas

MegaMart Wholesale Club in Montego Bay sustained severe damage, estimated in the millions of US dollars, when Hurricane Melissa ravaged the facility on Tuesday evening. Gassan Azan Jr, the founder and…

Volunteers on Wednesday clearing a vast amount of seaweed that washed ashore at the Little Ochie Seafood Restaurant in Alligator Pond, Manchester, during the passage of Hurricane Melissa on Tuesday.

December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

Alligator Pond residents rush to clean up their ‘breadbasket’

Although disheartened by the damage Hurricane Melissa caused to his property, owner and operator of Little Ochie Seafood Restaurant in Alligator Pond, Manchester, Evrol ‘Blackie’ Christian, finds…

A section of Cave Valley, St Ann, remained submerged on Thursday, two days after the passage of Hurricane Melissa.

December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

Cave Valley residents count losses after devastating flood

Gloom mixed with resilience hung over Cave Valley, St Ann, as residents and business owners struggled to come to terms with the devastation left behind after the Cave River burst its banks during…

December 9, 2025 by Edmond Campbell

Cat bond triggered

Information Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon has confirmed that Jamaica’s catastrophe bond has been triggered following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. The Government is expected to announce…

Workers clean the entrance to the Accident and Emergency to the Falmouth Hospital in Trelawny after it was exensively damaged during the passage of Hurricane Melissa.

December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Falmouth Hospital battered

Falmouth Hospital in Trelawny has been left battered by Hurricane Melissa and now faces urgent and extensive repairs. Days after the storm ravaged the island, the facility remains reeling, grappling…

Duane Bryan stands in front of his flattened home in Comfort Castle, Portland, on Thursday, after Hurricane Melissa swept through.

December 9, 2025 by Gareth Davis Sr

‘I’m still breathing’

Duane Bryan knew his board house wouldn’t survive Hurricane Melissa. So hours before the storm made landfall, the Portland farmer left his home in the upper Rio Grande Valley, Portland. When he…

A section of a Hurricane Melissa-battered roadway in St Elizabeth.

December 9, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

‘Everything gone’

WESTERN BUREAU: Veteran fisherman Howard Moxam stood solemnly on the battered shoreline of Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth, his weathered gaze fixed on the restless sea that had stripped him of nearly…

Residents of Cornwall Street in Falmouth, Trelawny, look at the damage done to their homes and possessions after the passage of Hurricane Melissa, which swept through the island on Tuesday.