"Across Jamaica, the urgent sounds of heavy machinery, chainsaws and machetes dominate as workers and residents clear debris-choked roads to reach cut-off communities ravaged by one of the Atlantic's most powerful recorded hurricanes. Dazed survivors navigate through ruins, confronting homes without roofs and belongings scattered by fierce winds and floodwaters. I do not have a house now, said Sylvester Guthrie, a sanitation worker from Lacovia in the southwestern Saint Elizabeth parish, holding his bicycle the sole valuable that survived."
"Relief efforts have commenced with emergency flights arriving at Jamaica's main international airport, which resumed operations on Wednesday evening. Teams now distribute critical supplies, including water and food. The devastation is enormous, said Jamaican transport minister Daryl Vaz. Shelter remains a pressing issue for countless survivors. I am now homeless, but I have to be hopeful because I have life, said Sheryl Smith, whose home was partially destroyed. Authorities have recovered at least four bodies in southwest Jamaica."
Hurricane warnings persist as Melissa approaches Bermuda and could strengthen briefly before weakening. The northern Caribbean sustained widespread destruction and mounting casualties across multiple islands. In Jamaica, crews clear debris-choked roads with heavy machinery, chainsaws and machetes to reach cut-off communities. Survivors face roofless homes and scattered belongings; many are homeless and need assistance. Relief flights resumed and teams distribute water, food and emergency supplies. More than 25,000 people shelter in western Jamaica, 77 percent of the island lacks power, at least four bodies were recovered, and Melissa struck as a Category 5 with 295 km/h winds, causing massive roof loss in Black River.
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