With wind speeds at 185 mph on Tuesday October 28, 2025, Jamaica witnessed the most dreadful, destructive, horrific, and intense hurricane—hurricane Melissa. Setting landfall on the island, the category 5 hurricane has been reported to be the slowest but most ferocious to ever pass through the island. Entering from the southwestern coast (New Hope, Westmoreland) and traveling through the western and southern region of the island, communities were left unrecognizable. Days after the category 5 hurricane, Jamaicans are left distraught and homeless. Having limited preparation for an impact so great, over a combined total of 116,000 houses and infrastructures were…