1st wave of disaster relief troops deploy to Jamaica
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The U.S. military sent a task force to Jamaica to perform humanitarian aid and disaster relief efforts in response to a recent hurricane, U.S. Southern Command announced Friday. Joint Task Force-Bravo is responding to Melissa,
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Evening Brief: Joint Task Force Bravo Deploys to Jamaica, Maduro Readies for a Fight, Atrocities in Sudan
From U.S. helicopters pushing relief into storm battered Jamaica to Maduro drilling four million militia for a fight he says is coming while El Fasher bleeds under RSF atrocities, this week reads like a field manual on power,
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U.S.-based aid groups rush to get supplies into storm-battered Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa
Tens of thousands of Jamaicans were in shelters, and more than two-thirds of the island was still without power, according to officials.
The storm “totally destroyed” the port of Black River, the prime minister said. At least five people died in Jamaica, and the hurricane killed at least 30 in Haiti. Officials expect the toll to rise.
Nations across the Caribbean were assessing the cost in lives and destruction from Hurricane Melissa, no more so than on Jamaica where at least 19 people died.
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Project DYNAMO Preparing to Deploy Rescue Team, Supplies to Jamaica Immediately After Hurricane Melissa
Project DYNAMO is preparing to deploy a team of U.S. military veterans and first responders with search-and-rescue experience to Jamaica in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 175 mph,
Hurricane Melissa plunged much of Jamaica into darkness when it slammed into the country this week as the worst storm in its recorded history. It killed at least 19 people and knocked out access to the essentials: power,
The National Hurricane Center has issued major warnings in anticipation of Hurricane Melissa's landfall as a category 5 hurricane.
The co-chairs of the Caribbean Caucus in the United States House of Representatives have strongly condemned what they describe as illegal and unilateral US military air strikes ordered by the Trump administration against suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean and Pacific.
Melissa tore through the Caribbean as one of the most powerful storms in history, slamming Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane earlier this week.