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From video: JAMAICA South Coast - What REALLY happened after Hurricane Melissa.
Published: January 22, 2026

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Driving the Eye Path of Hurricane Melissa, where it made landfall on the South Coast of Jamaica on 28 October 2025. Full documentary on what really happened on that day and the recovery efforts in Jamaica over the first 3 months after the hurricane. Did help reach Jamaica? 🔴 SUPPORT OUR PROJECT ► Support on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/jamaicawithirie ► Send one-time contribution (contact me directly) jamaicawithirie@gmail.com 🔴 SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR MOBILITY PARTNERS: ► Toyota Jamaica https://toyotajamaica.com/ ► Total Energies https://totalenergies.com.jm/ 🔴 ABOUT JAMAICA RISING. JAMAICA RISING is a 10-episode YouTube documentary series created by Irina Bruce about the recovery efforts in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa. This is EPISODE TWO. Other episodes: ► Jamaica Rising Trailer: https://youtu.be/mlaSzEF814M ► EPISODE ONE: Montego Bay Documentary "What REALLY happened in MONTEGO BAY after HURRICANE MELISSA." https://youtu.be/9u4iBNLSa3c ► EPISODE THREE: Inside the most REMOTE communities in JAMAICA. https://youtu.be/OEm56jVcA44 ► Black River Church Before Hurricane Melissa https://youtu.be/yqfvFYbL1E0 🔴 CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 01:37 Hurricane Melissa Eye Path 03:48 EYE PATH: EAST SIDE 09:45 Parottee 17:21 Black River 22:41 Crawford and Landfall Winds 25:30 New Hope, Whitehouse 28:28 EYE PATH: WEST SIDE 34:50 Informal Housing 36:47 Bluefields and Recovery Efforts 39:59 Conclusion 🔴 REFERENCES: Extra Footage ► Josh Morgerman https://www.icyclone.com/ ► iCyclone Report https://static1.squarespace.com/static/66a0156ce2c62a2978dd623d/t/691b76cb4e9034016815bc0e/1763407563819/iCyclone_Chase_Report_MELISSA2025.pdf ► Hurricane MELISSA at Ground Zero (2025) https://youtu.be/siq-DdmBUIY?si=oXyGu1o0zU7q92UK ► Storm hunters capture footage from inside the eye of Hurricane Melissa https://youtu.be/RGftISJruFY?si=1TcCxpqVMJEiANXH 🔴 REFERENCES: Maps & Satellite Imagery ► NASA.GOV - Satellite Imagery https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/ ► NOAA.GOV - Photographs taken during the flights over Jamaica: 31 Oct - 6 Nov 2025. https://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/melissa/index.html#9/18.18/-77.39 https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/2025-hurricane-field-program-data/ ► GOOGLE EARTH - Historic Satellite Maps of Jamaica https://earth.google.com/ ► CIRA SATELLITE LIBRARY - Videos and Imagery of Hurricane Melissa https://satlib.cira.colostate.edu/event/hurricane-melissa/ https://rammb-data.cira.colostate.edu/tc_realtime/storm.asp?storm_identifier=al132025 🔴 REFERENCES: Reports & Articles CCRIF. "Tropical Cyclone Melissa (AAL132025). Wind and Storm Surge." (Report) https://www.ccrif.org/sites/default/files/publications/eventreports/20251106_CCRIF_FinalEventBriefing_TC-Melissa_JAM_Final.pdf ► CEDIM Forensic Disaster Analysis (FDA) Group. "Hurricane MELISSA (Jamaica, Haiti & Cuba, October 2025)". (Report) https://www.cedim.kit.edu/download/CEDIM-FDA-Reprot_Hurricane_Melissa.pdf ►The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory 47(2). "Poverty and hurricane risk exposure in Jamaica" (Report) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348943501_Poverty_and_hurricane_risk_exposure_in_Jamaica ► Informal Housing Articles https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20251116/wooden-worries-land-title-troubles https://jis.gov.jm/govt-to-address-land-settlement-issues-in-westmoreland/ https://www.instagram.com/reel/DN0a1P44v3C/ 🔴 MUSIC 🎵 Copyrighted music licensed from Lickd. Unlike all other music libraries for youtube, Lickd library is the one that has big-name artists that you can license for your video! If you use the link below, you can get a FREE 7-day trial to test it and if you like it and subscribe - you will also support me, as I will get a small commission. https://referrals.lickd.co/l/IRINABRUCE62/ The songs from Lickd used in this video: ► In Memory 2 by Barrie Gledden, Steve Dymond, Jason Pedder, https://t.lickd.co/l/w7Y2wbPamjl ► Long Road 3 by Lester Miguel Paredes Funes, Ludwig Paredes, https://t.lickd.co/l/18baoqKPD9z ► Soft Rain by Glenn Sharp, https://t.lickd.co/l/KPmDA53wk3J ► Pianissimo by Jody Jenkins, https://t.lickd.co/l/vqwo8jdXO19 ► Coral Oceans by George Georgia, https://t.lickd.co/l/v4O9JR5jklK 🎵 Copyrighted music licensed from Epidemic Sound. Epidemic Sound is the most popular music library for youtube. See the referral link below: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/eavx0v ► Deliverance by Tubby Isiah ► Out There by Out To The World ► System Change by Tubby Isiah ► Overflowed by Static Glow Sounds ► Tracker by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen ► Unfinished Stories by Lennon Hutton ► The One Who Saves Me by Loving Caliber ► Go on Forever by Dream Cave