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Minister of Energy, Transport and Telecommunications, Daryl Vaz says that the Jamaican government is "cautiously optimistic" after Hurricane Melissa hit the island - the strongest storm to the country in modern history. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00It has made landfall in the western part of Jamaica, and they're getting a battering down there.
00:07So we are just hoping and praying that it will pass so we can start the recovery efforts.
00:11But all indications are that very few things survive a Category 5 hurricane.
00:18So we are optimistic, but cautiously optimistic.
00:21And the government is just ready and waiting to try with our partners across the world to start the rebuilding program.
00:29But it has been a long day, and it's going to be a long night and a long few weeks and months ahead to try and recover from this catastrophe.
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