Hurricane Melissa devastates Jamaica with fatal impact

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VIDEO SHOWS: WRAP OF EDITS RELATED TO HURRICANE MELISSA AFTER HITTING JAMAICA

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT IS A WRAP AND CONTAINS NO NEW MATERIAL. ORIGINAL EDIT NUMBERS ARE INCLUDED IN SHOTLIST.

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SHOWS: Drone footage captured damage caused by Hurricane Melissa in Alligator Pond, a fishing village in Jamaica on Wednesday (October 29). Buildings, boats, and homes close to the coast were impacted after Hurricane Melissa made landfall. (7804-STORM-MELISSA-JAMAICA-DAMAGE_DRONE)

ALLIGATOR POND, JAMAICA (OCTOBER 29, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all) (MUTE)

1. WIDE AERIAL VIEWS OF ALLIGATOR POND

2. VARIOUS OVERHEAD VIEWS OF BUILDINGS, BOATS IMPACTED BY HURRICANE MELISSA ALONG THE COAST

3. VARIOUS OF BOATS, BUILDINGS IMPACTED BY HURRICANE MELISSA

Residents of Alligator Pond, Jamaica, were counting the costs after hurricane Melissa battered their homes. (7800-STORM-MELISSA-JAMAICA-DAMAGE_UPDATE_2)

ALLIGATOR POND, JAMAICA (OCTOBER 29, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

4. DEBRIS ALONG SHORE

5. RESIDENTS AMONG DEBRIS ALONG SHORE

6. RESIDENTS IN HURRICANE AFFECTED AREA

7. LOCAL RESIDENT, VAL MITCHELL, MOVING FALLEN TREE FROM ROAD

8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LOCAL RESIDENT, VAL MITCHELL, SAYING:

"It's gone terrible, because all the foods, food, trees, everything washed away."

Hurricane Melissa unleashed devastation in Jamaica, demolishing homes, knocking down swaths of trees and washing out roadways on Tuesday (October 28). (7734-STORM-MELISSA-JAMAICA-RESIDENTS)

SPUR TREE, MANCHESTER, JAMAICA (OCTOBER 29, 2025)(REUTERS - Access all)

9. DEBRIS ON A ROAD

10. FALLEN TREE AND LOTS OF DEBRIS ON A ROAD

11. PEOPLE STANDING AND VEHICLES ON A ROAD WITH DEBRIS

12. (SOUNDBITE)(English) DAHLIA BAILEY, 56-YEAR-OLD JAMAICAN, SAYING:

"Well, I think it's going to be rough and I think we're going to have people that get injured, worse than, you know, worse than what we thought about. And a lot of people lost a roof and so forth. But we still have to pick up the pieces and move on."

MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA (OCTOBER 29, 2025)(REUTERS - Access all)

13. WIDE OF PERSON SWEEPING UP BROKEN DEBRIS INSIDE A BUILDING

14. CLOSE OF PERSON SWEEPING UP BROKEN DEBRIS INSIDE A BUILDING

15. WIDE OF BROKEN STRUCTURES

16. WIDE OF A PERSON LOOKING AT A RAINBOW IN THE DISTANCE NEAR A PARTIALLY DAMAGED ROOF

Video filmed by an eyewitness on Tuesday (October 28) showed the hurricane tearing through the Dreams Rose Hall Resort & Spa and damaging its roof. (7872-STORM-MELISSA-HOTEL_DAMAGE-UGC)

VERIFIED BY:

- Location verified by interior's decor, buildings facades and palm trees that matched file & satellite imagery. Coordinates included in original file metadata

- Date verified by original file metadata

MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA (OCTOBER 28, 2025) (ROBYN JAMES - Must on-screen courtesy Robyn James)

17. VARIOUS OF OUTSIDE ROOF DETACHING AMID STRONG WINDS

MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA (OCTOBER 29, 2025) (ROBYN JAMES - Must on-screen courtesy Robyn James)

18. DAMAGED OUTSIDE ROOF

19. DEBRIS INSIDE HOTEL AFTER STORM / SCATTERED FURNITURE

Drone images over St. Elizabeth Parish in Jamaica showed long lines of stalled traffic on flooded streets in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. Vast swathes of land lay under water and neighborhoods were covered with fallen trees and debris. (7854-STORM-MELISSA-JAMAICA_GOSHEN_DRONE)

GOSHEN, ST. ELIZABETH'S PARISH, JAMAICA (OCTOBER 29, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all) (MUTE)

20. VARIOUS OF PARTIALLY SUBMERGED NEIGHBORHOODS

21. SLOW-MOVING TRAFFIC ON FLOODED ROAD, DEBRIS AND FLOODWATERS SEEN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD

Residents of Montego Bay in Northwest Jamaica on October 29 described the harrowing experience of living through Hurricane Melissa, which killed at least four people on the island. (7829-STORM-MELISSA-JAMAICA-MONTEGO_BAY-UPDATE)

MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA (OCTOBER 29, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)

22. WOMAN COMFORTING LOCAL RESIDENT, GABRIELLE

23. CLOSE ON GABRIELLE

24. (SOUNDBITE)(English) RESIDENT OF CATHERINE HALL NEIGHBORHOOD OF MONTEGO BAY, GABRIELLE [SHE ASKED THAT HER LAST NAME NOT BE USED], 31, SAYING:

“Yesterday was horrible, horrific, terrifying, the worst day of my entire life, the worst experience of my entire life. To see my place being flooded out, it was terrifying for me and my child. The water level reached me to my waist. I was stuck in my house. They had to break into my home to save me.”

25. VARIOUS OF PILED DEBRIS

Drone footage from Lacovia in St. Elizabeth Perish showed uprooted trees, damaged buildings and debris along roads, while Montego Bay residents faced the task of cleaning up their homes and streets. (7910-STORM-MELISSA-JAMAICA-MONTEGO_BAY)

LACOVIA, ST. ELIZABETH PARISH, JAMAICA (OCTOBER 29, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE)

26. DRONE SHOT OF PEOPLE GATHERING AROUND UPROOTED TREE

MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA (OCTOBER 29, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)

27. PERSON STANDING IN MUD/ WALKING AWAY AS IT RAINS

28. PEOPLE IN FRONT OF DAMAGED BUILDING

29. PEOPLE STEPPING OVER DEBRIS IN ROAD FILLED WITH MUD

In southwestern Jamaica, the parish of St. Elizabeth was left "underwater," an official said, with more than 500,000 residents without power. (7918-STORM-MELISSA-JAMAICA-MONTEGO_BAY-UPDATE)

SAINT ELIZABETH, JAMAICA (OCTOBER 29, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)

30. WOMAN STRUGGLING TO WALK ALONG MUDDY SIDEWALK

31. MAN BIKING THROUGH MUD

32. VIEW OF DEBRIS AND DAMAGED SHOP SEEN FROM CAR

33. PEOPLE ON MUD COVERED STREET

34. VARIOUS OF FLOODED HOME

35. WOMAN SWEEPING WATER INSIDE FLOODED HOME

36. DAMAGED BELONGINGS

MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA (OCTOBER 29, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)

37. MAN SITTING WITH HIS HEAD DOWN ON FLOODED ROAD

38. WIDE OF ROAD WITH MAN SITTING DOWN WITH HIS HEAD DOWN