A disaster response specialist from Kansas City-based Heart to Heart International is on the ground in Jamaica assessing the widespread damage from Hurricane Melissa and coordinating relief efforts.

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The world's largest nonprofit public health organization, which focuses on addressing the HIV AIDS epidemic, will be deploying 41 pallets with critical supplies, like generators, water, toilet paper, tents, tarps, ready-to-eat food kits, feminine hygiene kits and water purification tablets.

Hurricane Melissa became the fourth hurricane in 75 years to make landfall on the island of Jamaica and shattered several Atlantic hurricane records. It is now tied with the 1935 "Labor Day" hurricane for the strongest Atlantic hurricane to make landfall on record,

The Jamaican government has begun to reach the communities most devastated by Hurricane Melissa nearly a week after the historic storm made landfall and carved a path of immense destruction across the western part of the island nation.

Ninety percent of the homes in Black River, Jamaica, were destroyed by Hurricane Melissa, reflecting the broader devastation and rebuilding facing many Jamaican communities

As part of the advisory, the Department of State authorized non-emergency personnel and family members of U.S. government employees to leave Jamaica due to Hurricane Melissa. It noted it had “temporarily reduced staffing and may limit routine services for U.S. citizens.”

The story claimed that within just 24 hours, Tyler organized a fleet of helicopters filled with generators, food, clean water and medical supplies.

Trinette Britt-Johnson returned home safe Saturday after days without the medication she needed for a transplanted kidney.