Images from a helicopter over Black River, a coastal town of 5,000 in southwestern Jamaica, show the extent of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa.

The scope of the historic disaster that is the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa is just starting to come into focus a week after the record-setting storm made landfall and carved a path of immense destruction across the western part of Jamaica. Winter is making an early appearance across parts of New England.

Black River, Jamaica was completely destroyed by Hurricane Melissa. Residents say aid still has not arrived in the town, and they are in desperate need of food and water. NBC News’ George Solis reports.

At least two people in the town died, and its historical buildings were reduced to rubble. Black River on Wednesday was unrecognizable to people there: The coastline was strewed with massive boulders, and a cellphone tower had twisted into a semicircle.

A centuries-old port town was left “devastated” by Hurricane Melissa after a 16ft storm surge hit Black River, satellite images reveal.

The Evangelical humanitarian charity Samaritan s Purse has airlifted a 30-bed emergency field hospital to one of the hardest-hit Jamaican towns to provide medical aid after a local hospital was

It’s been nearly a week since Hurricane Melissa made its first catastrophic landfall in Jamaica, and the death toll is continuing to rise.

A video shared by the Jamaica Constabulary Force shows residents seeking shelter at a police station in Black River as Hurricane Melissa was ravaging the region on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025.