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Assessment and recovery efforts are under way in Jamaica as the island continues to reel from the effects of the destructive Hurricane Melissa, which hit the island on October 28.

Melissa, with winds of up to 280 kph, was the most powerful hurricane to have ever hit the island, bringing with it catastrophic flooding and infrastructural damage.

Jamaica’s minister for education, skills, youth and information Dr Dana Morris Dixon told the nation during a media conference on October 29 that it had been a difficult 24 hours.