Residents help move food supplies at a community center before distribution to the Whitehouse community in Westmoreland, Jamaica, one of the areas most severely affected by the passage of Hurricane Melissa, on Nov. 2, 2025. / Credit: Ricardo Makyn/AFP via Getty Images
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 6, 2025 / 14:15 pm (CNA).
CatholicleadersandagencieshavemobilizedtohelpcommunitiesleftdevastatedafterHurricaneMelissahitJamaica.
TheCategory5hurricanesweptthroughtheCaribbeanwithsustainedwindsof185milesperhourandclaimedupto50livesaftermakinglandfallonOct.28.Jamaicasufferedthelargestimpact,butneighboringnationsalsoexperiencedimmenseeffectsincludingflashfloodingandlandslides.
InJamaica,practicallynobuildingsalongthecountry’ssoutherncoastremainintact.Areashaveexperiencedstructuralfailures,immenseroofdamage,floods,poweroutages,andcommunicationdisruptions.Familieshavealongroadtorecoveryaftermanylostlovedones,property,possessions,andlivelihoods.
TohelpcommunitiessufferingfromHurricaneMelissa’saftermath,Catholicagenciesareonthegroundsupportingre
