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STORY: UN / UNDP HURRICANE MELISSA
TRT: 02:10
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 06 NOVEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
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06 NOVEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Kishan Khoday, Resident Representative for The Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Turks & Caicos Islands, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP):
“Hurricane Melissa was the worst climate disaster in Jamaica's history”
4. Wide shot, speakers, journalists, press room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Kishan Khoday, Resident Representative for The Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Turks & Caicos Islands, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP):
“Initial estimates show that the damage caused is approximately the equivalent of 30 percent of Jamaica's GDP, a figure that's expected to rise.”
6. Wide shot, speakers, journalists, press room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Kishan Khoday, Resident Representative for The Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Turks & Caicos Islands, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP):
“Now, UNDP through our digital Impact Assessment platform - AI powered tools - has seen that close to 5 million metric tons of debris have been created across western Jamaica. This would fill approximately 500,000 standard truckloads, to give you a sense of the scale of the magnitude.”
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Kishan Khoday, Resident Representative for The Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Turks & Caicos Islands, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP):
“This includes: 2 million metric tons of building debris from the buildings that have been damaged; 1.3 million tons of vegetation debris, unimaginable destruction of forests and landscape in western Jamaica; 1.4 million metric tons of personal property debris. This shows the key, the key challenges and level of destruction, including impacts on roads and other infrastructures.”
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11. SOUNDBITE (English) Kishan Khoday, Resident Representative for The Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Turks & Caicos Islands, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP):
“UNDP’s offer focuses on recovery plans and strategies, on SME and livelihood recovery, on solar for community needs, for debris removal, restoration of ecosystems. Debris removal, as I mentioned, is critical to kickstart, opening up that those avenues for bringing in critical aid and bringing in that process to remote communities, for that recovery process to soon begin.”
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UNDP Representative for Jamaica said that Hurricane Melissa was the worst climate disaster in the country’s history.
Kishan Khoday, UNDP Resident Representative for The Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Turks & Caicos Islands briefed the press today (6 Nov) from Kingston on the aftermath of the Hurricane Melissa.
He said, “Initial estimates show that the damage caused is approximately the equivalent of 30 percent of Jamaica's GDP, a figure that's expected to rise.”
He also said, “Now, UNDP through our digital Impact Assessment platform - AI powered tools - has seen that close to 5 million metric tons of debris have been created across western Jamaica. This would fill approximately 500,000 standard truckloads, to give you a sense of the scale of the magnitude.”
He continued, “This includes: 2 million metric tons of building debris from the buildings that have been damaged; 1.3 million tons of vegetation debris, unimaginable destruction of forests and landscape in western Jamaica; 1.4 million metric tons of personal property debris. This shows the key, the key challenges and level of destruction, including impacts on roads and other infrastructures.”
He said, “UNDP’s offer focuses on recovery plans and strategies, on SME and livelihood recovery, on solar for community needs, for debris removal, restoration of ecosystems. Debris removal, as I mentioned, is critical to kickstart, opening up that those avenues for bringing in critical aid and bringing in that process to remote communities, for that recovery process to soon begin.”
