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Jamaica to get nearly US$71m hurricane insurance payout
Jamaica is set to receive an insurance payout of nearly US$71 million from the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) following the devastating passage of Hurricane Melissa this week. This is the single largest payout in the insurer’s history.
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Jamaicans in Cayman assess Hurricane Melissa’s devastation
Jamaicans in Cayman were desperately trying to reach loved ones and taking stock of the human and financial cost of Hurricane Melissa Thursday as reports of the extent of the devastation trickled through.
The southwest of the island bore the brunt of the damage, with St. Elizabeth parish and Westmoreland devastated as record-breaking winds tore down buildings and ripped the roofs off homes.
With cell towers and communications infrastructure demolished and roads cut off, friends and family in Cayman and further afield waited anxiously to hear from loved ones.
It wasn’t until Simone Ebanks, a cleaner in Cayman, finally reached relatives in Black River Thursday that she knew her young children were safe. Three of her children, aged 15, six and three, were sheltering with her sister-in-law when the storm ripped off the roof.
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