Overview
- Jamaica’s confirmed death toll has risen to 28, bringing the regional total to at least 59 after the Category‑5 storm.
- The government is setting up field hospitals in five western parishes, with the first due in Black River, as medical associations call for volunteer doctors to relieve exhausted staff.
- Power and water remain widely disrupted and fuel is scarce in the west, according to Transport Minister Daryl Vaz.
- Despite plans to restart service at Montego Bay’s airport, dozens of flights were canceled and thousands of tourists remain stranded; Condor’s Montego Bay–Frankfurt flight on Nov. 1 was among those scrapped.
- UN agencies have mobilized: WHO is deploying emergency medical teams, IFRC launched appeals (€20 million for Jamaica, €16 million for Cuba), and WFP delivered 5,000 food packages, as destroyed crops and lack of refrigeration raise food and water safety risks.