Hurricane Melissa blasted parts of Jamaica after making landfall as a Category 5 storm. The Bahamas and Cuba were next in its path.
00:00 Jamaica wakes up to massive Hurricane Melissa destruction
04:00 Surveying Hurricane Melissa damage in Kingston
08:44 Jamaican describes massive hurricane as it passed island
11:03 Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Cuba
18:38 Hurricane Melissa heads toward the Bahamas
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54 votes for yes to reopen 52 republican 2 Democrats
45 votes for NO to reopen 44 Democrats 1 Republican .
Thanks Democrats for holding us little poor people hostage while you try to manipulate and control us with your King like behavior. We appreciate it so much . We see yall . I know you want us all to Beg and Loot and Riot so you can use it as a political statement and an attempt to do more manipulation and brainwashing . But we know you're the ones causing this .
He s not in Kingston, that's Old Harbour. One of the oldest town in St Catherine Parish and also Jamaica. You News media needs to do your damn research. The whole Jamaica is not Kingston. He's in a totally different parish,he's not even close to Kingston..🤦🏾♂️
The Prime Minister along with the entire parliament needs to be removed at some point.
This is a gross lack of of forward, thinking proactive leadership!
I am Jamaican and I have family members there and I know the country very well so I’m speaking from personal experience.
The national weather Center has been reporting that this was going to be a catastrophe for Jamaica for almost 2 weeks. The landfall was predicted over a week ago. Why did the leadership wait until after the event to start bringing and help? They had communications, but that is not enough. They should’ve already had helicopters supplies response teams on the ground in Jamaica or at an island close by so they could come in right away.
This is a humanitarian crisis that we knew was going to happen over a week ago and because of the poor lack of leadership care of their citizens people are going to die. There are people there right now with no power no food no sewage system who are going to be stranded and waiting weeks while these leaders are in their comfortable confines making phone calls?
It’s an absolute disgrace. There is not even a helicopter in the sky from the Coast Guard to give them a upper visual of the damage. There should be helicopters all across the country right now, trying to lift people to safety.
I can tell you right now the number of dead will be in the thousands!
Most because of the poor response after the storm
I love my country, but this leadership has to absolutely go. They are only concerned with billion dollar projects to build shiny things to make money for their partners over in China. They care nothing about the Jamaican people.
Someone in the political space needs to request a formal investigation into the planning before the storm, and also the responses after the storm. Legal and criminal action should be taken removing them from their position at a minimum.
Razed and ready for that new smart city. We the people KNOW.
Chilitos owner almost sounds Irish
Another miss for US, mentioned twice here. A good thing, because w/o FEMA and a government shutdown, what would you have done in a disaster?
DO NOT EXPECT THE US DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT WE HAVE OUR OWN PROBLEMS , JAMAICA IS A NATION THAT HAD A LOT OF MONEY .
I’m from lucea. God bless my people 🇯🇲
In case if anyone is wondering because CBS somehow left out the Prime Ministers name
His name is PM Andrew Holness
They got Matthew Sumuda the Minister of Water and Environmental
But how do you miss the most important head of office????🤔🤔🤔
Can you check on the Salvation Aarmy School for the Blind at 57 Mannings HIll Road Kingston 8 Jamaica.
I always wish i could go help after the hurricanes. When theyre just off the coast i have no way to come help. Praying for you all. Always help your neighbors!
Watch where that aid goes , this is the time when the crooks come out at night , from the top to the bottom, everyone wants a cut first , than trickle down to nothing , believe in karma , bless the good ❤ people on the island ❤😊
It was not too bad. I was there and the wind only got up to 83 mph. The media overhypes these little storms.
All that surplus that u Andrew have in u pocket that don’t belong to you that u take from the people of Jamaica give it back now
What will trump want for that aid?
Terrible thing just like climate changes are!!!!!.Stop destroying the world 🌎 😢. 😂
That is quardrillions or quardrillions of damages to assecess.🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩🙏🙏🙏
🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️🙏
The AMerican hurricane reporter expose Andrew Holness Grammer and how the Jamaican education system is logging behind. THE REPORT ASK HIM A QUESTION IN WHICH HE SHOULD HAVE REPLIED WITH A VERB IN THE FUTURE TENSE. INSTEAD THE BIG EDUCATED PRIME MINISTER REPLIED " WE WOULD HAVE" FOR THE FUTURE . THE REPORTER SAID TO HIM "MR Prime Minister you are speaking in the pass tense.
I notice that lots of politicians and professionals in Jamaica use that phrase when referring to the future. Desmond McKenzie is notable of speaking that way. Are they so dumb that they
don't know it's bad Grammer which can cause confusion in meaning. That's is why the American journalist correct his English for him.
Thank God for all those who are willing to help the people in Jamaica
In (Luke 21:10-12) Jesus foretold us that ("nation will rise against nation") and natural disasters, ("great earthquakes, famines and pestilences") will occur.
We can never blame God for bad things that happen to us, because he foretold us 2,000 years ago in the Bible that all of these things will happen, in order for us to believe in the Lord Jesus, give our lives to him, and we shall be saved, and go to heaven when we die.
Repent of your sins, for Jesus is at the doorway of his return.
My heart is breaking seeing the animals all alone 😢
Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a historically powerful storm — up to ~185 mph (≈295 km/h) winds, making it the strongest ever to hit the island.
Global warming guys, wake up!!
Urgent message for Fabian please tell him that I am awaiting direct walk by on damage storm to keep viewers updated directly from Jamaica.
GOD BLESS ALL THE PEOPLE THE STRONGEST PRAYERS ARE GOING OUT FOR YOU ALL GOD LOVES YOU AND SO DO I ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤WE WILL NEVER EVER STOP THINKING ABOUT YOU❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤YOU WILL BE FOREVER ON OUR MINDS❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤FROM BURLINGTON ONTARIO CANADA WE LOVE YOU ALWAYS🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦STAY STRONG FOR EACH OTHER LOTS OF LOVE AND LOTS OF HELP COMING YOUR WAY 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Prayers for Jamaica 🇯🇲 🙏
What are the wealthy countries are doing for the Jamaican people, they need the Red Cross on the ground in all over, especially the people that are living in the country areas.
They need to focus on the suburbs way up in the no man's countries areas , that the people have no way of going to get some food. They need to think of the countey hills areas.
Please take the country-surberb area into consideration, they need good roads into the country communities that nobody think of. Thanks of listening.
Hoping the government will pay these citizens who are doing all that manual work to to cleaning the roads.please be sure to pay them,please pay them a d pay them well. Thank you. That man that's ope I g is restaurant tomorrow be sure to offer to the guest and helpers please
I hope everyone is ok and that the help they need will be received ❤❤❤
It was peaceful in the shelter…what the hell she thought was supposed to happen…smh
Thanks so much.