Overview
- Sangster International in Montego Bay was slated to resume commercial service Saturday, yet around 40 flights were canceled and thousands of travelers shifted to Kingston as operations remained limited.
- A Condor flight from Montego Bay to Frankfurt was annulled, with about 150 passengers affected, and officials said roughly 25,000 tourists were on the island when the storm struck.
- The government plans field hospitals in five western districts and Jamaica’s doctors’ associations appealed for volunteer physicians in hard‑hit Black River to relieve exhausted staff.
- Power and water remain widely disrupted, western gas stations report scarce fuel, and several communities are isolated, according to Transport Minister Daryl Vaz.
- UN partners escalated aid as the WFP described scenes in Kingston and Black River as “apocalyptic,” the WHO moved emergency teams and medical shipments, the IFRC launched funding appeals for Jamaica and Cuba, and U.S. helicopters supported evacuations and deliveries; at least 50 deaths were reported across the Caribbean, including 19 in Jamaica.