STORY: France’s military released video on Saturday (November 1) showing service members preparing a shipment of humanitarian aid bound for Jamaica which was hit this week by one of the strongest storms on record in the Caribbean.

The French Armed Forces said in a statement the aid included water treatment equipment, tents, mattresses, lamps, hygiene kits and food supplies.

Jamaica's information minister confirmed at least 19 deaths on Friday (October 31) but said there were indications more bodies would be recovered. Some 462,000 people remain without power and emergency food distributions have started, she said.

Melissa was the most powerful storm ever to directly hit Jamaica, and the first major hurricane to do so since 1988. U.S. forecaster AccuWeather estimated $48 billion to $52 billion in damage and economic loss across the western Caribbean.

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SHOWS: GIVEN AS GUADELOUPE, FRANCE (RELEASED NOVEMBER 1, 2025) (FRENCH ARMED FORCES - Must on-screen courtesy 'French Armed Forces', no new uses after December 1, 2025) (NIGHT SHOTS)

1. GANGWAY BEING LOWERED NEXT TO CRATES OF HUMANITARIAN AID

2. TECHNICIAN AT CONTROLS OF CRANE

3. MEMBER OF FRENCH NAVY GUIDING GANGWAY DOWN

4. VARIOUS OF NAVAL AND TERRITORIAL FORCES ATTACHING ROPES TO CRATES

5. ROPES BEING LOWERED TOWARDS CRATE, SIGN ON CRATE READING (French): "FRANCE HUMANITARIAN ACTION"

6. VARIOUS OF CRATES BEING LIFTED ONTO SHIP

7. (MUTE) CRATE WITH FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND FRENCH RED CROSS STICKERS

8. HUMANITARIAN AID LOADED ONTO SHIP

9. VARIOUS OF SAILORS UNWINDING ROPES IN DAYLIGHT

10. SAILORS STANDINGS ON DECK AS SHIP MOVES OUT OF HARBOUR