Jamaica’s airports remain closed to most traffic following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, the Category 5 storm that brought 185-mph winds and record rainfall across the island, Tuesday.

Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston has been closed since Saturday night, and Sangster International in Montego Bay since Sunday afternoon, after aviation authorities ordered suspensions ahead of the hurricane’s landfall. Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, the company that operates both airports, said in a statement Tuesday that its teams are working on assessing major damage while also coordinating with local authorities to resume service “as soon as conditions allow.”

Jamaican Minister of Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Daryl Vazmp, said in a post on X that airports will begin co

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