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November 14 2025
WOODEN WORRIES, LAND TITLE TROUBLES
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December 9 2025
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Board houses flattened by Hurricane Melissa in Retirement district, Westmoreland.Board houses flattened by Hurricane Melissa in Retirement district, Westmoreland. Photo - Ian Allen
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Board houses flattened by Hurricane Melissa in Retirement district, Westmoreland.Board houses flattened by Hurricane Melissa in Retirement district, Westmoreland. Photo - Ian Allen
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Retirement resident Suzetta Williams walks in front of her board house, one of the few wooden structures that survived Melissa’s strong winds. Photo - Ian Allen
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Marcia Clarke (left), Donna Moodie (second left), Carolyn Finlayson (second right), and Maverna Ricketts (right) of Retirement, Bluefields, Westmoreland, describe the impact of Hurricane Melissa on their homes and community. Photo - Ian Allen
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A collapsed board house in Bluefields reflects both the scale of destruction and the urgency of rebuilding efforts in Westmoreland. Photo - Ian Allen
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Photo - Ian Allen
In a journey that wound from New Market in St Elizabeth, through Beaufort, Darliston, Wihthorn, Petersfield, Williamsfield, Shrewsbury, Bluefields, and Petersville in Westmoreland, the devastation left in Hurricane Melissa’s wake was impossible to ignore.
