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STORY: OCHA / JAMAICA HURRICANE MELISSA RESPONSE
TRT: 5:30
SOURCE: OCHA
RESTRICTIONS : PLEASE CREDIT OCHA ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 7 NOVEMBER 2025, SAVANNA-LA-MAR, WATERCRESS AND 08 NOVEMBER 2025, BLACK RIVER, WESTERN JAMAICA
7 NOVEMBER 2025, SAVANNA-LA-MAR, WATERCRESS
1.Various shots, damage at Sir Clifford Campbell Primary school, Savanna-la-Mar
2. Wide shot, Trevolyn, school groundskeeper, discussing with a relief worker conducting an assessment
3.SOUNDBITE (English) Trevolyn, school groundskeeper:
“Oh, devastating. Devastating. It's hard. Really, really hard. People are being even some now still in shelter. They don't go home as yet because the whole construction of them building blew right down.”
4. Various shots, damage at Sir Clifford Campbell Primary school, Savanna-la-Mar
5. Various shots, Charmaine, local resident, sweeping the street in Savanna-la-Mar
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Charmaine, local resident
"Food is most of them concerns. But from, from where? Because some people still have nowhere to sleep."
7.Various shots, destruction in Watercress
08 NOVEMBER 2025, BLACK RIVER, WESTERN JAMAICA
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Rogerio Mobilia, OCHA Mission Team Leader:
“Behind me, you can see that even larger structure, strong walls cannot resist the force of such a storm. The whole city behind me of Black River is like a war zone. Population walking around trying to identify their own place. Trying to identify where to go. What are going to do with their lives. It's important that Governments of the world would pay attention to the extreme weather and get prepared.”
7 NOVEMBER 2025, WATERCRESS
9.Various shots of relief teams conducting assessments in Watercress
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Kemeisha:
“This is what used to be home. As you can see, it's roughly around 30 to 40 houses here. Everybody is stranded.”
11. Tilt up, destroyed house in Watercress
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Kemeisha, Local resident:
“This experience is nothing ordinary, because I have been through (Hurricane) Gilbert. And this is nothing compared to Gilbert. Because I was in a concrete structure, and I can literally hear the whole shaking, the windows, the zinc, everything coming off. Everything in my house here is demolished. The bed, I don't know where it is, the dresser, nothing I can find. My son doesn't have any clothes to wear. I have to be walking (around), begging to get something for him to wear. So we need the help.”
13. Various shots, destruction in Watercress
A week after Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica, people are still coping with urgent food and shelter needs. 1.6 million are estimated to have been affected. With over 4.8 million tonnes of debris — about 480,000 truckloads — needing to be cleared from roads and public spaces in western Jamaica, relief and recovery efforts are now able to fully scale up.
“It's important that Governments of the world would pay attention to the extreme weather and get prepared.” said Rogerio Mobilia, OCHA Mission Team Leader.
