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wn.com - 16 hours ago

Aid efforts struggle to bring relief to parts of hurricane-stricken Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Rescuers and aid workers fanned out across Jamaica on Saturday to distribute food and water and reach communities still isolated four days after Hurricane Melissa hit the island. Essential relief supplies are now rolling into hurricane-stricken St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland, most of which had been cut off by fallen concrete posts and trees strewn across roads. But in some parts, people were forced to dip buckets into rivers, collecting the muddy water for everyday use, while others have been eating coconuts and roasting...


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