Hurricane Melissa hit just over 24 hours ago.
Our community is devastated. Roads blocked. Power out. Families stranded.
JACANA is still standing. And we have trucks, equipment, and a team ready to support our communities.
Here's what's happening: 🧵
With hundreds of houses either flattened or stripped of their roofs, carpenters, masons, and other tradesmen across this parish are being stretched as they try to assist as many families as possible.
Across Smithfield the almost uniform position of residents is that, while they appreciate the care packages distributed so far, what they urgently need is manpower and materials, even for temporary repairs.
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On our farm, we’re mapping what held strong through Hurricane Melissa so we can replant smarter. More native species, more biodiversity, more resilience.
From palms to pollinators, nature is showing us the way.
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This is one of the reasons it’s so important for us to gather information that can guide our replanting programme. In Aberdeen, St Elizabeth, the only trees that still had fruits three days after Hurricane Melissa were our native palms. Birds and bees were flocking to them for food.
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Weeks since Hurricane Melissa, but Black River, St. Elizabeth, is still fighting to get back on its feet.
Disaster ends in headlines. Recovery doesn’t.
Reply/RT if you’re still seeing damage in your community.
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Black River, Saint Elizabeth before and after. Deep gratitude to every organisation, volunteer, and neighbour who stepped up. Please remember many families off the main roads in the hills and mountains are still hurting
Major Hurricane Melissa grew from a tropical wave into a Category 5 storm before impacting Jamaica, Cuba, and the southern Bahamas.
This timelapse shows its powerful and devastating journey.
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Major Hurricane Melissa began as a tropical wave, strengthened into a tropical storm in the south-central Caribbean, then intensified into a Category 5 before making a destructive landfall in Jamaica, then Cuba, and the southern Bahamas. This timelapse shows its full path.
Thanks to the Treasure Beach community members who safely caught and relocated a Jamaican crocodile back to the Black River.
Please remember that it’s not only people who were displaced during the hurricane. Several of our wildlife species were affected too.
Please continue to share your observations to @RoostersWorldja.
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Today, we moved food and supplies to affected communities. Door-to-door with local teams. Neighbors helping neighbors. This is how we heal after Hurricane Melissa.
One love.
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Hands to work, hearts wide open. Packing food and supplies for families after Hurricane Melissa: smiles, sweat, and solidarity in every bag.
This is community in motion. #HurricaneMelissa#CommunityRelief#MutualAid
Jamaica is healing. UDC says Dunn’s River Falls & Park and Harmony Beach Park reopen Tue, Nov 11.
Our shores and waterfalls are ready to welcome you back. Come feel the vibes and support local communities.
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The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) says Dunn’s River Falls and Park in Ocho Rios, St Ann and Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay, St James will reopen to the public on Tuesday, November 11.
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Aerial before and after footage of the Troy Bridge in Trelawny.
This bridge stood firm through one of the most devastating disasters in Jamaica’s history a powerful testament to the kind of infrastructure we are building: resilient, sustainable, and built to last.
Watched this a few times and still teary. Deep gratitude to the volunteers!
Big up everyone clearing roads, checking elders, lifting spirits. We will rise, stronger. 🙏🏽
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I’ve watched this 5 times. And bawl 5 times. There is just something extremely special & resilient about our people. Big up Russian & all those who have come out. I pray our people will recover & come back even stronger.🙏🏽
Jamaica has received a shipment of critical relief items, including tarpaulins, generators and chainsaws from the Republic of Guyana, to aid with the island’s recovery from Hurricane Melissa.
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Our team is moving through fallen trees and flattened crops: checking on farmers, clearing access, mapping where seedlings, tools, and water are needed first. Rooted in community, we’ll replant together. #HurricaneMelissa#Jamaica#Farmers#CommunityRelief