Jamaica, Samaritan's Purse and Hurricane Melissa

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Samaritan’s Purse mobilizes field hospital and disaster response team after Jamaica suffers worst ever hurricane
Samaritan’s Purse, the international aid agency headed by veteran evangelist Rev. Franklin Graham, has mobilized its Disaster Assistance Response Team to help Jamaicans suffering after Hurricane Melissa devastated the Caribbean island —the most powerful in the nation’s history since records began in 1851.

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Samaritan's Purse deploys field hospital to Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa
Samaritan’s Purse airlifts relief supplies, disaster response team to hard-hit Jamaica
‘A part of our family’: N.L. farm fundraises for Jamaicans in wake of Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean island nation last week as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes to make landfall.

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Race against time for Hurricane Melissa aid workers to deliver relief to people in Jamaica
Communities in Hurricane-Ravaged Jamaica Still Cut Off as Death Toll Climbs
Food and water delivered to desperate people in hurricane-hit Jamaica
The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) will make a record payout of $70.8 million to Jamaica within 14 days to aid recovery efforts.

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Jamaicans mobilize aid in aftermath of Melissa's wreckage
Britons evacuated from Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa land in UK

Samaritan's Purse races to help Jamaica after Category 5 Hurricane Melissa destruction: 'Not been forgotten'

Emergency water systems and medical teams deployed to Jamaica following Category 5 Hurricane Melissa with additional Samaritan's Purse relief flights planned.

Samaritan's Purse sends resources, emergency field hospital to Jamaica following Melissa damage

President and CEO Franklin Graham said on Facebook that they are working to get these supplies out of North Carolina as soon as an airport in Jamaica is available.

Triad nonprofit pauses Jamaica aid amid Hurricane Melissa dangers

The National Hurricane Center warned that this morning was the last chance to protect your life as Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in southern Jamaica. The Category 5 storm is packing winds over 185 miles per hour, with gusts up to 200, and authorities are urging residents to shelter in interior rooms without windows.

Samaritan's Purse deploys emergency field hospital to Jamaica for families impacted by Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa has brought devastation and death to the Caribbean, tearing through the region as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in more than 150 years.To assist those in need, local nonprofit Samaritan’s Purse deployed an emergency field hospital to Jamaica,
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