Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared his country a ”disaster zone.”
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The death toll from Hurricane Melissa, a devastating storm that battered the Caribbean region, has reached 26.
The Civil Protection Directorate in Haiti has reported that at least 20 people have died in floods caused by the storm on the La Digue River. The floods have swept away more than 160 homes in the area.
Five bodies were found in Jamaica earlier and one person died in the Dominican Republic. Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared his country a ‘disaster zone’. He said it would take a long time to recover from the disaster.
About 75 percent of Jamaica’s households have been without electricity. Private homes, hospitals, libraries, police stations, ports and other physical facilities have been severely damaged. The US is to deploy a disaster management team to Jamaica for relief and rescue. The BBC reported, citing senior US State Department officials, that Haiti and the Bahamas have also made formal requests for assistance.
