The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) which operates out of the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has demonstrated a low utilisation rate of disaster relief funds donated for hurricanes Melissa and Beryl as at February 23, 2026.

A Hurricane Melissa relief real-time compliance audit report, which was tabled in Parliament this afternoon, noted that $1.44 billion was received in cash donations for Hurricane Melissa from the Support Jamaica initiative and direct donations.

However, it revealed that only $26 million or 1.8 per cent had been spent for the benefit of victims of the storm.