‘We need food, we have no food’ – desperation takes hold in Jamaica after hurricane
'We need food, we have no food' – desperation takes hold in Jamaica after hurricane21 hours agoShareSaveBrandon Drenonin Black River, Jamaica ShareSaveWatch: BBC reports from “ground zero” of Hurricane Melissa's destructionPeople walk along muddied roads scavenging the wreckage for food. Others jump into damaged stores in the hope of finding bottled water or other supplies.
As the death toll rises, residents of Black River are still searching for loved ones while they also battle to survive, days after Hurricane Melissa made this Jamaican port city ground zero of the devastation seen across the Caribbean.
Residents here say they have been living in a state of chaos the last three days since Melissa slammed into them as one of the most powerful category five storms ever recorded in the region.
The fierce winds and storm surge that barrelled through here have decimated nearly everything, leaving roads unusable and a trail of destruction that has them increasingly despera..
