It has been one week since Hurricane Melissa made landfall. The storm’s strength has been record-breaking. To better understand the situation on the ground, I called up Natricia Duncan, the Guardian’s Caribbean correspondent, who is based in Jamaica, the country most affected. We spoke about the impact of the hurricane, and how people navigate living under constant climate precariousness.
The fears, fallout and future
View image in fullscreen Unbearable tragedy … flooding has been severe throughout the Caribbean, including in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Photograph: Eddy Vittini/Reuters
Hurricane Melissa was a historic climate event. “This country has faced some difficult storms,” Natricia said, “but by all accounts this was different. I spoke to people in their 60s and they said to me, again and again, ‘I have never heard anything like this in my life’.” Last week, Natricia visited one of the most affected areas in the south-west of Jamaica. “It’s hard to put into words,” she said about what she saw.
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