‘How do you rebuild all this?’ Black River residents assess damage after Hurricane Melissa

<p>People of Jamaican coastal town described as storm’s ground zero are traumatised and desperate for help</p><p>It is a treacherous journey to Black River, a coastal town in Jamaica’s southwestern parish of St Elizabeth, which this week bore the brunt of Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record.</p><p>Uprooted trees and lamp-posts, rubble from landslides, huge potholes and miles of thick, slippery silt from severe flooding have turned the route into a dangerous obstacle course.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/31/black-river-jamaica-residents-assess-damage-after-hurricane-melissa">Continue reading...</a>