"Most of my neighbours' roofs are gone. Crops and animals have drowned. Roads are impassable. People have died. I heard an unconfirmed report that one of the hospitals is almost unusable. It's a disaster."
"In the house I lived in, I lost the ceiling and the roof, so it's not livable. People are walking the streets right now, looking around to see how they can help each other. There is a lot of devastation."
"For the Guardian's Caribbean correspondent, Natricia Duncan, enduring the hurricane meant balancing her work as a reporter and her role as a mother looking after her daughter. She tells Nosheen Iqbal about her experience of Melissa and what she discovered in the aftermath when she tried to meet residents on the island's devastated south-west coast. They also discuss how Jamaica will recover from this disaster and what the climate crisis means for the future of the region."
Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica as the most powerful storm on record for the island, causing widespread destruction across parishes. Entire neighbourhoods lost roofs; crops and livestock were drowned and roads made impassable. Confirmed and unconfirmed reports indicate fatalities and severe damage to at least one hospital. Residents report unlivable homes and are walking streets to aid neighbors amid heavy devastation. Community members are organizing local relief efforts despite limited infrastructure. Recovery will require rebuilding homes, restoring services, and addressing long-term vulnerability as the climate crisis increases storm intensity in the region.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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