A landscape scarred by Melissa’s wrath
Category 5 Melissa was the most powerful cyclone ever to hit Jamaica, leaving a trail of death and ruin. Here are glimpses of the storm’s damage captured by Jamaica Observer photographers.
Evidence of the scale of Melissa’s fury is seen in White House, Westmoreland. Photo: Garfield Robinson
This man is a picture of despair as he sits, face in his hands, in a carton box, as the helicopter is about to lift off from White House, Westmoreland, last Friday. Photo: Garfield Robinson
Shantalea Kerr sits in the remains of her home in Lacovia, St Elizabeth, a day after Hurricane Melissa ravaged sections of the the county. Photo: Garfield Robinson
What next? Ferdinand King, of Laughlands in St Ann, seems to be contemplating his future last Thursday after losing his home to Hurricane Melissa on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. Photo: Naphtali Junior
The more the century-old St John’s Anglican Church in Black River is totally demolished.
With two cases of soft drinks secured, this man makes his way home in Black River, St Elizabeth, last Thursday.
Protecting a child from possible water-borne disease.
Appealing for food and other supplies in Black River, St Elizabeth, last Thursday.
Jaheim Brown, an 11-year-old from the community of Chester in St Ann, looks out from inside a roofless section of his home last Thursday, two days after Hurricane Melissa ravaged the south-western end of Jamaica. Photo: Naphtali Junior
