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People inspect the scene of a landslide that killed scores in the hilly area of Chesongoch in Elgeyo Marakwet county, western Kenya, Sunday, November 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)
December 9, 2025

Kenyan landslide death toll rises to 26 as flash floods hamper search for survivors

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The death toll from a deadly landslide in western Kenya has risen to 26 after four more bodies were retrieved on Sunday, shortly before rescue efforts to find survivors were…
Rising underground water in Content in Williamsfield, Manchester.
December 9, 2025

Rising underground water floods section of Content in Williamsfield, Manchester

Rising water levels have flooded some homes in a section of Content in Williamsfield, Manchester and have left parts of the main road impassable. The underground water is believed to be associated…
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett.
December 9, 2025 by Lester Hinds

Recovery, donation task forces set up to get tourism back on track after Melissa

Following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, which has caused widespread destruction across western Jamaica, high-level recovery and donation task forces for the tourism sector have been established by…
Mark Myers, managing director of Restaurants of Jamaica.
December 9, 2025

ROJ organises first phase of national hurricane recovery initiative

In the aftermath of the catastrophic Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica continues to confront the widespread destruction that has displaced families, damaged critical infrastructure and left…
Leesa Kow, managing director of JN Bank.
December 9, 2025

JN Bank, JN Money roll out waivers, discounts to customers for Melissa recovery

Beyond the on-the-ground humanitarian efforts being provided through its JN Foundation and Jamaica Automobile Association, the JN Group is channelling direct support to its members- providing…
A worker tries to remove a zinc sheet that was entangled on a wire at the Falmouth Hospital in Trelawny after several roofs were blown off during the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

... Foundation strengthens humanitarian response for Melissa recovery

As the devastating picture of the widespread damage and destruction wrought by Hurricane Melissa continues to unfold, especially across western parishes, the JN Group has deepened humanitarian support…
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December 9, 2025

SIA landing, parking fees suspended for Hurricane Melissa relief supplies

With limited commercial flight operations resuming on Saturday, MBJ Airports Limited (MBJ), operators of Sangster International Airport (SIA), has opted to waive all landing and parking fees for…
Cynthia Watt, from Lorrimers, Trelawny, chops fallen banana trees in her field that were blown down during the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

Trelawny yam farmers face ruin after Melissa

A distraught Cynthia Watt stood with arms outstretched, mourning the ruins of her once-thriving yam farms surrounding her home in Lorrimers, Trelawny. The 73-year-old farmer’s property was among many…
Mortician Dywite Spence, a worker at Doyley’s Funeral Service, takes a break at 3 a.m. on Thursday at the Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital in Westmoreland after spending the last 10 hours retrieving the bodies of hurricane victims across the paris
December 9, 2025 by Kimone Francis

‘Bodies all over the place’

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa’s devastation, the air in Westmoreland hung heavy with dust and debris as mortician Dywite Spence began a grim journey – retrieving the bodies of those the storm had…