Overview
- Haiti raised its confirmed fatalities to 43 with 13 people missing, as rescuers reach cut‑off communities hit by landslides and floods.
- Jamaica reports at least 32 deaths and dozens of isolated communities, with officials ramping distributions as aid flights increase.
- The World Food Programme says roughly six million people in Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti were affected and has launched a $74 million appeal, planning assistance for 200,000 in Jamaica and 900,000 in Cuba with logistics hubs including Black River.
- Cuba thanked a $3 million U.S. contribution routed through the Catholic Church and still counts about 120,000 evacuees; preliminary tallies cite more than 45,000 homes damaged along with hundreds of health facilities and over 1,500 schools.
- Additional support includes $4 million from the UN emergency fund for Jamaica, $5.4 million from the EU for the three countries, and an IFRC flight delivering 20 tons of relief to Santiago de Cuba.