{"id":108619,"date":"2025-10-29T14:28:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T18:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/us-rescue-teams-to-descend-on-hard-hit-caribbean-after-catastrophic-hurricane-melissas-impact-108619"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:28:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T18:28:55","slug":"us-rescue-teams-to-descend-on-hard-hit-caribbean-after-catastrophic-hurricane-melissas-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/us-rescue-teams-to-descend-on-hard-hit-caribbean-after-catastrophic-hurricane-melissas-impact-108619","title":{"rendered":"US rescue teams to descend on hard-hit Caribbean after catastrophic Hurricane Melissa&#8217;s impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>FIRST ON FOX:<\/strong> The State Department is deploying teams that are expected to arrive in the Caribbean as early as Thursday to support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/disaster-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disaster response<\/a> after Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department announced it would deploy a regional disaster assistance response team (DART) and had activated U.S.-based urban search and rescue (USAR) teams to support response efforts in the region following Hurricane Melissa.<\/p>\n<p>A senior State Department official told Fox News Digital Wednesday that these teams are expected to arrive in Jamaica Thursday since the airport hasn\u2019t suffered too much damage, but plans are in place to coordinate with the Department of War for a potential airlift in case commercial operations are not available.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, the State Department also has requested the Department of War provide airlift support to provide food, water and other nutritional supplies to those in need throughout the island.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/floods-landslides-mexico-leave-dead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FLOODS, LANDSLIDES IN MEXICO LEAVE AT LEAST 41 DEAD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another disaster assistance response team is expected to provide assistance to Haiti Thursday. The Bahamas also are expected to request a declaration of humanitarian need later Wednesday, which will allow the State Department to activate a disaster assistance response team there too, which could arrive as early as Friday, the official said.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the State Department has signed off on nearly $1 million to go toward administering food and other resources, pulling from predesignated supplies housed in 12 different warehouses across the region. This includes six warehouses based in Haiti, one in the Dominican Republic, another in Barbados and one in Miami.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have stood up resources to assist our American citizens who are on the ground, in addition to deploying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/salvation-army-reveals-how-hurricane-katrina-changed-disaster-relief-operations-forever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disaster Assistance Response Teams<\/a> who will help provide critical coordination in overseeing U.S. assistance,&#8221; State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said in a statement to Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dhs-juggles-mass-deportation-push-helene-relief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DHS JUGGLES \u2018MASS DEPORTATION\u2019 PUSH WITH HELENE RELIEF, ADDS $124M AFTER BIDEN BACKLASH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane \u2014 the highest level \u2014 and is the most powerful to strike Kingston since the island started tracking its storms 174 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Jamaica is reporting at least one death as a result of the storm, and significant damage to the island that has wiped out power for a majority of citizens. Roughly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/puerto-rico-hit-massive-island-wide-blackout-ahead-easter-weekend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">77% of the island does not have power<\/a>, Dana Morris Dixon, Jamaica\u2019s education minister said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/state-dept-says-has-provided-guidance-more-than-25000-people-israel-west-bank-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than 25,000 people in Jamaica have headed to shelters<\/a> after the storm destroyed their homes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s not going to be an easy road, Jamaica,&#8221; said Desmond McKenzie, deputy chairman of Jamaica\u2019s Disaster Risk Management Council.<\/p>\n<p>The hurricane is now on its way to Cuba as a Category 2 storm. Other Caribbean countries, including the Bahamas, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and the Turks and Caicos, also expect to experience fallout from the storm.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/us-rescue-teams-descend-hard-hit-caribbean-after-catastrophic-hurricane-melissas-impact\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/us-rescue-teams-descend-hard-hit-caribbean-after-catastrophic-hurricane-melissas-impact <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIRST ON FOX: The State Department is deploying teams that are expected to arrive in the Caribbean as early as Thursday to support disaster response [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-108619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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