As night fell, residents in Westmoreland took matters into their own hands, working to clear blocked roads three days after the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Motorists—many of whom had spent the day trying to purchase fuel—endured hours-long traffic as they made their way home. Detours were created alongside the New Hope main road, where traffic was reduced to single lane due to fallen light poles and scattered debris. Meanwhile, aid has begun to reach St Elizabeth as government agencies and uti

Things are going from bad to worse. Today's episode was chaos due to major traffic jams everywhere because the traffic lights are down, and somehow everyone decided to get gas at the same time. On the bright side, I managed to find someone selling power to charge phones, so I topped up just enough to check in with my people. Still no power, water, or internet in my community. For many families, Christmas feels like it's slipping away this year. I walked through Catherine Hall today what a heartb