Hurricane Melissa made landfall as a Category 5 storm last week and has left large areas of Jamaica completely devastated . Early assessments show widespread destruction of homes, public infrastructure and agricultural land, mass water, power and communications outages, and an urgent humanitarian need for food, water, medicine and shelter. Reported fatalities are nearing 50, although are likely many more as the country digs out from the damage, and nearly half a million Jamaicans were left without power after the storm and large numbers remain without communications, according to Reuters.

Singer-rapper-songwriter Shaggy — a native of the Jamaican capital of Kingston — has worked to mobilize relief efforts to get urgent supplies to hard-hit communities. Working on the ground with partne

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