LIFE & DEATH urgency: 72-hour survival packs, solar powered portable generators!
November 17, 2025 (4 weeks after Hurricane Melissa)
Springfield, St. James residents - from the young children to the elderly - still needing help with basic food, potable water, shelter, and maintaining hope while living in a 360-degree view of destruction and facing potential PTSD
-video courtesy of D Mack 4K World Tour YouTube channel
November 4, 2025 (7 days after Hurricane Melissa)
MP Nekeisha Burchell pleads for help for the southern part of the parish of St. James, Jamaica
- video courtesy of @burchelllovessouth (Instagram)
The parish of St. James, Jamaica (in red)
Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica October 28, 2025 as a category 5 with a record-breaking 892mB, sustained winds of 185mph, and wind gusts of over 250mph, tearing up the western half of Jamaica and making it:
The #2 worst tropical cyclone in recorded history.
The #1 worst storm of 2025 worldwide.
The #1 worst storm in Jamaica's recorded history (Hurricane Gilbert, by comparison, hit the island in 1988 as a Category 3).
Hurricane Melissa Disaster Relief
Parish of St. James, Jamaica
Searching For Loved Ones in Montego Bay
2025-10-31
Damage Reports From St. James and Other Parishes
2025-10-31
Damage From Ironshore to Jimmy Cliff Boulevard in Montego Bay
2025-10-30
Fishermen Preparing for Hurricane Melissa
2025-10-27