Jamaica residents working to survive after Melissa devastation

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People in Jamaica are struggling after Hurricane Melissa's powerful nature destroyed entire towns and left residents searching for food, shelter and clean drinking water until further assistance arrives.

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00:00This is my house also.

00:16I wasn't born when Gilbert or Charlie was around.

00:20The strongest, they say.

00:22But this, everyone who's seen it said this far out reached Charlie or Gilbert, man.

00:28We just felt like everybody, we just, we gave up.

00:33Basically, you have nowhere to hide and it's all gone.

00:38We have food. Jamaicans always buy food. That's one thing.

00:43The safe water, that's a concern.

00:46Because most people don't realize they should prioritize.

00:49As you can see, everyone has a bottle right now in their hand.

00:52That means they're scavenging for safe water.

00:55We haven't seen the politician, we haven't seen the doctor, we haven't seen the nurse.

00:59The police have passed by. No one has come.

01:02I can't survive. Right now I need a lot of help.

01:09I need a mattress, I need a mattress.

01:11I need bed for, you know, I need some stuff.

01:15Right now I need some fly to get this room back up.

01:19I need some fly to get this structure back up.

01:22But for, I can leave me and I have the rest of children.

01:29I'm going to mix it up.

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