Overview
- Officials now confirm 28 dead in Jamaica with the regional toll at least 59, following the Category‑5 strike by one of the Atlantic’s strongest recorded hurricanes.
- The government plans field hospitals in five western parishes, with the first unit slated for Black River as medical associations urge volunteers to relieve exhausted staff.
- Power and water remain cut in many areas and fuel is scarce in the west, while the health minister warns of illness risks from spoiled food and contaminated water without refrigeration.
- Air travel remains heavily disrupted as Montego Bay canceled around 40 flights including a Condor service to Frankfurt, thousands queued in Kingston, and a TUI charter evacuated about 80 German tourists.
- International relief is scaling up with WHO emergency teams and medical supplies, WFP delivering 5,000 food packages, and IFRC launching multimillion‑euro appeals, though blocked roads still isolate communities.