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December 9, 2025
Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of damage at Westmoreland health facilities
The Westmoreland Health Department is counting its losses after Hurricane Melissa left parts of the building badly damaged. Strong winds ripped off sections of the roof, exposing offices and storage…
December 9, 2025
Electricity restored to 150,000 customers, more to come by Sunday – JPS
The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is reporting that as of 2:00 p.m. today electricity has been restored to 150,000 customers across several parishes. President & CEO Hugh Grant says restoration…
December 9, 2025
Hurricane Melissa death toll in Jamaica climbs to 28
The Government is reporting that the death toll from Hurricane Melissa has risen to 28. The update was provided on Saturday. The Category 5 storm made landfall on Tuesday, causing widespread…
December 9, 2025
by Livern Barrett
First steps to relief
Three separate vehicles carrying food, water and other basic supplies drew long lines of residents desperate to get anything as night fell over the hurricane-ravaged town of Black River, St Elizabeth,…
December 9, 2025
by Andre Williams
Mud splash
A drowning woman clutched her United States and Canada visas before being rescued by a neighbour as water levels rose to her breast in what turned out to be unprecedented volumes covering ground…
December 9, 2025
by Ashanti Lawson
Agri minister warns of severe crop losses as St Elizabeth struggles to recover
Jamaica’s food supply has taken a direct hit from Hurricane Melissa, with farmlands flattened, markets empty, and the country’s top crop, yam, facing what Agriculture Minister Floyd Green calls “a…
December 9, 2025
by Tanesha Mundle
‘That would really surprise me’
Evan Thompson, principal director of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, has scoffed at online conspiracy theories that the island’s recent hurricane was “manufactured”, declaring that such an idea…
December 9, 2025
by Tiffany Pryce
Detainees safe and secure at Black River Police Station
Despite extensive flooding and structural damage across St Elizabeth, no detainees were harmed at the Black River Police Station during the passage of Hurricane Melissa, which battered the parish…
December 9, 2025
Experts warn of public health emergency after storm
Although Hurricane Melissa has passed, public health professionals are warning that Jamaicans are not yet out of danger as catastrophic disease outbreaks and a worsening of existing medical conditions…