Cut-off Jamaican community finally receiving relief #CaribbeanBroadcastingCorporation

Several bodies were discovered in Westmoreland, where the CBC team was on Saturday, and some are still to be retrieved. Today, five days after being cut off from the rest of the island, residents of Slipe in St. Elizabeth finally received food, water, and essential supplies.

This came as the Member of Parliament for the area, Floyd Green, along with a team of volunteers, made the difficult journey across flood waters to deliver aid. It is worth mentioning that this is a parish still recovering from the impact of Hurricane Beryl, and is now once again on the frontlines of the climate crisis. MP Green says Hurricane Melissa has had a crippling impact on the residents.

St. Elizabeth is known as the breadbasket of Jamaica, home to many of the country’s farmers, but in this parish and beyond, there are widespread losses across Jamaica’s agricultural sector as a result of Hurricane Melissa. Minister Green shared that one farmer alone lost 45,000 layers. The farmers are devastated, already expressing fears about food security challenges ahead. 

Morris Holness, father of Prime Minister Andrew Holness and a farmer in St. Elizabeth, shared concerns about the uncertain future.

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