Days after Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica, aid groups are still struggling to reach some of the island’s hardest hit areas, including Trelawny Parish, where damage to roads and infrastructure continues to slow relief efforts.

Sandals Resorts International plans to reopen its its properties in Ocho Rios and Negril on Dec. 6, 2025, and is scheduled to begin welcoming guests to Sandals Montego Bay, Sandals Royal Caribbean and Sandals South Coast on May 30,

Melissa has strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane and is expected to be the strongest ever to hit the island.

Delroy Galloway and his daughter were staying at a beach resort when the hurricane made landfall.

Rhapsody of the Seas is delivering dozens of pallets of critical supplies to Falmouth, Jamaica instead of a planned port visit.

Tens of thousands of Jamaicans were in shelters, and more than two-thirds of the island was still without power, according to officials.

People have been urged to donate through official channels if they want to support Hurricane-hit Jamaican communities after "several scams" have been set up. Gloucester has been twinned with the Jamaican parish of St Ann for almost 40 years and the city is now rallying together to help those impacted.