More than two months after Hurricane Beryl, the strongest July Atlantic hurricane on record, some farmers in Jamaica are ...
Two months after Beryl, thousands of farmers like Wisdom have still not recovered. The hurricane caught many in Jamaica ...
More than two months after the powerful storm, the strongest Atlantic hurricane on record in July, some farmers in Jamaica are still unable to restore their crops and repair their homes. A women-led ...
A portion of United Way of Jamaica’s Farmer’s Rehabilitation Fund specifically goes to women landowners to help repair their ...
Dr Carby noted that she had experienced other hurricanes while working at ODPEM but Hurricane Ivan was the most severe weather system that affected Jamaica during her tenure as director general.
Alance Wisdom, who farms cabbage, sweet peppers and cucumbers, points to damage from Hurricane Beryl in her home on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Cross Keys, Jamaica. (AP Photo/Collin Reid ...
the strongest July Atlantic hurricane on record, skirted Jamaica’s southern coast. “Before dark, everything was on the ground.” The flooding destroyed nearly all of Wisdom’s belongings in ...
CROSS KEYS, Jamaica (AP) — Alance Wisdom got inside her home just in time to watch the ceiling of her front room collapse. As the rain rushed in, a violent wind ripped at the roof, piece by piece.