Two weeks after Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, a British Columbia man who was rescued is recounting his family’s escape and hoping he can lend to the rebuilding efforts on the island.

“You could hear glass smashing, things bouncing off walls, the wind picking stuff up and throwing it around,” said Chris Kerr of Terrace, B.C.

Kerr, his wife and two children were on a family trip to Jamaica when the storm hit. They took cover in a theatre at the resort where they were staying.

Since the storm, at least 32 people in Jamaica have been confirmed dead, and the United Nations reported on Thursday that nearly 36,000 people require food assistance and more than 100,000 housing structures have been affected.

Kerr said the storm sheared off layers of the theatre they wer

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