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After Hurricane Melissa made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane near New Hope, tearing through Jamaica with winds of 185 miles per hour, the country was plunged into darkness yesterday. Power lines collapsed, cars were swept away, roads were cut off, roofs were torn off, and homes were flattened. Across western and southern parishes—Westmoreland, St Elizabeth, Clarendon, and Manchester—families clung to what was left of their homes, while in the capital, Kingston, students at the University of the West Indies (UWI) prayed.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness later declared the island a disaster area.
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