Now, satellite images reveal in detail the areas ravaged by Melissa and, for hard-hit Black River, the scale of destruction. A Bloomberg News analysis found that at least 76% of the buildings in Black River, a port community near where the hurricane crashed into the Jamaica coast, were damaged, many with collapsed roofs.

Hyatt has suspended operations and halted new reservations for eight resorts in Jamaica until January 31, 2026, due to Hurricane Melissa, while assessing damage and prioritizing guest safety.

US-based company Samaritan's Purse is launching its third airlift to Jamaica, deploying an emergency field hospital to Black River, following Hurricane Melissa. The Jamaican Ministry of Health requested the facility to provide urgent care as hospitals and infrastructure across the island have suffered significant damage due to the storm.

As flights from the Caribbean continued to land in South Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, CBS News Miami caught up with a man who was on the other side of the doors, waiting for someone special.

Mercy Chefs, a disaster relief organization, has established operations on Jamaica’s west side in St. Elizabeth, an area that had received minimal assistance until now, according to the organization’s founder and CEO Gary LeBlanc.

Saying "recovery cannot be left to chance," Edmund Bartlett said Jamaica's Ministry of Tourism has activated a Hurricane Melissa Recovery Task Force.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in southwest Jamaica near the coastal town of Black River, which the government has described as 'ground zero.'

School In A Bag in Chilthorne Domer has been supporting aid campaigns for 15 years, and has operated in 61 different countries in that time. Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica last week, before making its way across the Caribbean to Haiti and Cuba, claiming at least 49 lives in its path.