Show threadAI6YR BenNov 3

BBC: We need food, we have no food' - desperation takes hold in Jamaica after hurricane (Nov 1, 2025)

"...People walk along muddied roads scavenging the wreckage for food. Others jump into damaged stores in the hope of finding bottled water or other supplies.

As the death toll rises, residents of Black River are still searching for loved ones while they also battle to survive, days after Hurricane Melissa made this Jamaican port city ground zero of the devastation seen across the Caribbean. ..."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0jdd186l0go

#HurricaneMelissa #Melissa #BlackRiver #Jamaica #disaster

Desperation in Black River, Jamaica, after Hurricane Melissa

People in Black River have not seen any aid, telling the BBC that they are fighting to survive.

Rima I AnabtawiNov 3
❤️‍🩹👇🏼 “I been writing. Which is what I do when I am in my feelings. It's a love story. A tribute. A memoir. It's about family and a family home and my mother's garden. From the before times.” Dr Ruth White #melissa #blackriver #JamaicaStrong ruthcwhite.substack.com/p/i-reminisc...

I Reminisce Over... Black Rive...
I Reminisce Over... Black River, Jamaica

A nostalgic view of my Jamaican hometown from the before times

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Show threadAI6YR BenNov 1

You can see where survivors are based on the blue tarps. Tells you they have some resources to get a tarp and they are trying to establish shelter, probably at home. Oct 31.

#BlackRiver #Jamaica #HurricaneMelissa #disaster

Show threadAI6YR BenNov 1
Massive pileup of vehicles south of a bridge into Black River. I assume this is because the river is incapable of handling the weight of a vehicle, and people are walking over into what (was) town. #HurricaneMelissa #Melissa #BlackRiver #Jamaica
Show threadAI6YR BenNov 1
Massive gathering of people around the local gas station in Black River. By now people are out of fuel for generators. Likely that gas station is dry by now, I expect there are a lot of unhappy people there gathered. #BlackRiver #Melissa #HurricaneMelissa #disasters #Jamaica
Headlines AfricaNov 1
Jamaica reels from catastrophic hurricane Melissa as Black River lies in ruins http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TP19KJ #HurricaneMelissa #Jamaica #BlackRiver #NaturalDisaster #HurricaneNews
Rima I AnabtawiNov 1
Rolling up sleeves. Big ups, Mr Boombastic! Residents of #StElizabeth joined long lines along Crane Road in #BlackRiver on Friday to receive care packages distributed by members of the JDF, entertainer Orville 'Shaggy' Burrell, and his team. #Melissa
Show threadAI6YR BenOct 30
Large structure on the left is a market (or marketplace), in center is their fire station. You can see in the right picture EVERY structure in the vicinity has been flattened (no walls, even). The fire station's wall remain, but no roof. #BlackRiver #Jamaica #HurricaneMelissa #Melissa
Show threadAI6YR BenOct 30

Maybe "thousands". Here's the before/after in Black River, Jamaica. That is 100% catastrophic destruction in the eye of the storm. Likely not survivable.

#Jamaica #BlackRiver #HurricaneMelissa #Melissa #Disasters

Rima I AnabtawiOct 29
Listen as Mayor of #BlackRiver Ricard Solomon and head of #StElizabeth Police, Senior Superintendent Coleridge Minto, describe the devastation in the parish following Hurricane #Melissa x.com/nationwidera...