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Three days after Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica, floodwaters have continued to rise in St. Elizabeth Parish because of a blocked drainage system. As of Friday, homes and roads remained flooded, and power had not been restored.
All of Jamaica’s financial defenses — insurance, bonds and credit lines — could be deployed to recover from Hurricane Melissa. Will it be enough?
About 20 people, including children, died in a Haitian community and at least three bodies were found in Jamaica, officials said, as they began to assess the huge storm’s damage.
At least two people in the town died, and its historical buildings were reduced to rubble.
Hurricane Melissa swept through the Caribbean, leaving at least 20 dead in Haiti and three in Jamaica as it moved toward the Bahamas. Officials are still searching for survivors in the deadly aftermath.
In 2021, rich countries vowed to spend more to help poor countries adapt to warming. That goal is unlikely to be met, a new report finds.
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba early Wednesday, after leaving a path of destruction across Jamaica.
Most of the island of two million people was without internet service, and major airports were closed. Kingston, the capital, was mostly spared.
The Category 5 storm, whose sustained wind speeds surpassed those of Hurricane Katrina, peeled roofs off homes, swelled rivers and drew dire warnings from officials.
As Hurricane Melissa threatens island nations across the Caribbean, many are already burdened by debt from a string of climate-fueled crises.