At least 28 people are dead and entire communities have been destroyed after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday, with relief organizations now racing to reach isolated areas days after the devastating storm.

Mercy Chefs, a disaster relief organization, has established operations on Jamaica’s west side in St. Elizabeth, an area that had received minimal assistance until now, according to the organization’s founder and CEO Gary LeBlanc.

“As our team began to get further and further into ground zero, where the storm went across Jamaica, it was pretty startling for them,” LeBlanc said.

The disaster’s impact spans beyond individual neighborhoods, affecting the entire island. Access to affected areas remains severely limited, with LeBlanc describing extensive damage to crit

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