19 people dead in Jamaica's Hurricane Melissa
At least 19 people are now known to have died in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa - while emergency teams still battle to reach the worst hit areas to distribute aid.
Jamaican officials said entire communities had been flattened or submerged by floodwaters - with electricity supplies cut off for most of the island.
The UK has joined international efforts to send in humanitarian supplies - along with evacuation flights to help British nationals to leave.
[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe]
-------
Get more news at our site - https://www.channel4.com/news/
Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe
Follow us:
TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@c4news
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/channel4news/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/Channel4News
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/
Channel 4 News
News that's committed to challenging expectations with stories that reveal and inspire, innovatively produced - with just a touch of mischief....