The death toll is rising in Jamaica and Haiti as emergency teams have started reaching communities cut off by flooding and landslides from Hurricane Melissa. Here’s the latest on recovery efforts there and in Cuba.
New satellite images reveal stunning scale of destruction from Hurricane Melissa up and down Jamaica’s southwest coast. Watch this video to see before and after photos from what Jamaica’s prime minister called Melissa’s “ground zero” – Black River, the capital of Saint Elizabeth Parish. We’ll also show you the destruction in Santa Cruz, White House, New Hope and Montego Bay.
After more than a century of absence, wild flamingos are returning to Florida’s Everglades. The stunning comeback was, in part, sparked by Hurricane Idalia’s winds, which sent flocks soaring to the Florida peninsula. Conservationists say the birds’ choice to linger in the U.S. is proof that extensive efforts to restore the Everglades are working.