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A British Red Cross emergency manager, Alexander Pendry, has described the situation in Jamaica as “quite alarming” after Hurricane Melissa - the strongest storm ever to hit the island - left much of the country without power or phone service. 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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00:00What we're hearing is quite alarming. I mean, there's been a lot of damage to homes,
00:05people have been displaced. It's widespread damage to infrastructure, quite widespread flooding.
00:14So I think people are in a quite precarious situation now. I think it's very important that
00:19we really do prioritise protecting these people, which is why our immediate priorities in the
00:27short term are search and rescue, providing life-saving first aid to affected people,
00:34providing safe shelter and essential supplies to those displaced families.
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