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littlemissmartypants

(34,344 posts) Tue Oct 28, 2025, 09:27 PM Oct 2025

After the Storm Jamaica

Images of the force and devastation of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa as it struck Jamaica today. It was the worst hurricane to hit the island in its history.

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After the Storm Jamaica (Original Post) littlemissmartypants Oct 2025 OP

Thank you for all the updates today. quaint Oct 2025 #1

❤️ littlemissmartypants Oct 2025 #2

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This is reportedly the airport terminal in Montego Bay True Dough Oct 2025 #5

quaint

(5,112 posts)

1. Thank you for all the updates today.

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Tue Oct 28, 2025, 10:26 PM

Oct 2025

littlemissmartypants

(34,344 posts)

2. ❤️

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Tue Oct 28, 2025, 10:34 PM

Oct 2025

littlemissmartypants

(34,344 posts)

4. ❤️

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Wed Oct 29, 2025, 01:09 AM

Oct 2025

littlemissmartypants

(34,344 posts)

3. ...

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Tue Oct 28, 2025, 10:37 PM

Oct 2025

Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, packing devastating winds. "The impact is one of the strongest on record in the Atlantic basin," the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported.

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True Dough

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5. This is reportedly the airport terminal in Montego Bay

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Wed Oct 29, 2025, 08:14 AM

Oct 2025

I guess we can be somewhat relieved that it's still there at all.

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