Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa and Samaritan's Purse
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Emergency water systems and medical teams deployed to Jamaica following Category 5 Hurricane Melissa with additional Samaritan's Purse relief flights planned.
President and CEO Franklin Graham said on Facebook that they are working to get these supplies out of North Carolina as soon as an airport in Jamaica is available.
Samaritan's Purse deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team and over 38,000 pounds of relief supplies to Jamaica within 48 hours of Hurricane Melissa making landfall, providing shelter materials, water filtration systems,
The Emergency Field Hospital will be rapidly setup by members of the organization's Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) as soon as it arrives in Jamaica. It will be equipped with more than 30 inpatient beds and will include:
The National Hurricane Center warned that this morning was the last chance to protect your life as Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in southern Jamaica. The Category 5 storm is packing winds over 185 miles per hour, with gusts up to 200, and authorities are urging residents to shelter in interior rooms without windows.
Hurricane Melissa has brought devastation and death to the Caribbean, tearing through the region as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in more than 150 years.To assist those in need, local nonprofit Samaritan’s Purse deployed an emergency field hospital to Jamaica,