{"id":9724,"date":"2025-10-30T23:30:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T23:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/destruction-in-jamaica-revealed-in-before-and-after-satellite-images\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T23:30:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T23:30:49","slug":"destruction-in-jamaica-revealed-in-before-and-after-satellite-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/destruction-in-jamaica-revealed-in-before-and-after-satellite-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Destruction in Jamaica revealed in before and after satellite images"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The scale of the destruction left by Hurricane Melissa as it tore across Jamaica is now being revealed by the first photos taken by satellites.<\/p>\n<p>The eye of the <strong>storm<\/strong> made landfall on the southwest coast of the island, 75 miles from the capital Kingston, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Before and after images from Vantor&rsquo;s satellites show the impact of the 185mph winds on the town of Black River, the capital of St Elizabeth Parish.<\/p>\n<p><em>Use the sliders below to see the same areas of Jamaica before and after the hurricane struck.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-custom-markup \" data-component-name=\"ui-article-custom-markup\" data-testid=\"article-custom-markup\">\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-photo-slider\" data-src=\"visualisation\/25932595?555485\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There is widespread damage. Some houses and businesses are without roofs, and others have been destroyed altogether.<\/p>\n<p>The covered food market is in ruins. So is St John Anglican church, one of the oldest in <strong>Jamaica<\/strong> &ndash; only its bell tower still stands.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-site-video callfn\" data-account-id=\"6058004172001\" data-amp-iframe-embed data-asset-id=\"0cc20e73-068b-4e1e-aa2c-8b26d11d4286\" data-asset-path data-asset-version data-autoplay=\"false\" data-auth-config data-caption=\"Hurricane Melissa approaches Bahamas \" data-clip-type data-component-name=\"sdc-site-video\" data-component-name-alias=\"ui-sitewide-video\" data-competition data-copy-url-text=\"URL copied to clipboard\" data-fn=\"sdc-site-video\" data-id=\"id_0cc20e73-068b-4e1e-aa2c-8b26d11d4286\" data-is-live-stream=\"false\" data-lite=\"true\" data-options data-originator-id=\"-1\" data-originator-handle=\"brightcove-news-gb\" data-package-name data-provider=\"brightcove\" data-player-id=\"yjBoKQ5XA\" data-playsinline data-sensitive data-sdc-id=\"7066821\" data-sdc-video-id=\"0cc20e73-068b-4e1e-aa2c-8b26d11d4286\" data-sport-category data-state=\"loading\" data-token-state=\"none\" data-video-ad-unit data-video-blacklisted-originator-ids data-video-id=\"ref:0cc20e73-068b-4e1e-aa2c-8b26d11d4286\" data-video-type data-auto-pause-on-not-visible=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-closed-captions-position=\"middle-third\" data-show-closed-captions=\"true\" data-show-pip=\"true\" data-show-live-stream-scrubber=\"true\" data-autoload=\"false\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__inner\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__content\" data-role=\"bridge-controller\" readability=\"32\">\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p class=\"sdc-site-video__accessibility-message\" data-role=\"accessibility-message\">Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>              <span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-role=\"poster\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster\"><br>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/10\/768x432\/skynews-bahamas-melissa-storm_7066836.jpg?20251030120023\" alt aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster-img excluded-image\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-poster\"><span class=\"sdc-site-video__loader\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-loader\"><\/span><br>\n                <span class=\"sdc-site-video__time\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-time\">0:27<\/span><br>\n              <\/span><\/p>\n<p>              <video id=\"id_0cc20e73-068b-4e1e-aa2c-8b26d11d4286\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id class=\"video-js sdc-site-video__tag\" controls playsinline data-testid=\"sitewide-video-video\"><\/video><\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"sdc-site-video__caption ui-media-caption\"><span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-role=\"caption-text\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-caption\">Hurricane Melissa approaches Bahamas <\/span><br>\n            <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Houses that lined the shore would have born the brunt of the storm surge.<\/p>\n<p>Further along the coast is the fishing village of White House.<\/p>\n<p>Streets have been reduced to piles of rubble. Trees have been stripped of their leaves by the wind.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-custom-markup \" data-component-name=\"ui-article-custom-markup\" data-testid=\"article-custom-markup\">\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-photo-slider\" data-src=\"visualisation\/25936893?555485\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/25936893\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"photo-slider visualization\"><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/migrant-acquitted-in-first-trial-over-us-border-military-zones\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Migrant acquitted in first trial over US border military zones<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>The west of Jamaica is the country&rsquo;s bread basket, important for growing food.<\/p>\n<p>But fields are underwater, flooded by up to a metre of rain that fell as the vast storm system passed over.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/10\/768x432\/skynews-jamaica-melissa-hurricane_7066630.jpg?20251030074654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/10\/384x216\/skynews-jamaica-melissa-hurricane_7066630.jpg?20251030074654 380w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/10\/768x432\/skynews-jamaica-melissa-hurricane_7066630.jpg?20251030074654 760w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/10\/1600x900\/skynews-jamaica-melissa-hurricane_7066630.jpg?20251030074654 1024w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/10\/2048x1152\/skynews-jamaica-melissa-hurricane_7066630.jpg?20251030074654 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw\" alt=\"A woman walks after Hurricane Melissa made landfall, in Santa Cruz, Jamaica. Pic: Reuters\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption\"><span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption-text\">A woman walks after Hurricane Melissa made landfall, in Santa Cruz, Jamaica. Pic: Reuters<br>\n        <\/span><br>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/10\/768x432\/skynews-jamaica-hurricane-melissa_7066629.jpg?20251030074644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/10\/384x216\/skynews-jamaica-hurricane-melissa_7066629.jpg?20251030074644 380w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/10\/768x432\/skynews-jamaica-hurricane-melissa_7066629.jpg?20251030074644 760w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/10\/1600x900\/skynews-jamaica-hurricane-melissa_7066629.jpg?20251030074644 1024w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/10\/2048x1152\/skynews-jamaica-hurricane-melissa_7066629.jpg?20251030074644 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw\" alt=\"Pic: Reuters\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption\"><span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption-text\">Pic: Reuters<br>\n        <\/span><br>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Many crops will have been destroyed and the government has appealed for vegetable seeds so farmers can quickly plant crops again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<br>What we know about Hurricane Melissa<br>UK charters flights to transport Britons out of Jamaica<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the northwest coast is the resort of Montego Bay.<\/p>\n<p>The container terminal and oil storage tanks in the port have been inundated by the storm surge and are surrounded by water.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-custom-markup \" data-component-name=\"ui-article-custom-markup\" data-testid=\"article-custom-markup\">\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-photo-slider\" data-src=\"visualisation\/25936947?555485\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/25936947\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"photo-slider visualization\"><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It&rsquo;s estimated that 400,000 people in Jamaica have been affected by the hurricane.<\/p>\n<p>And the cost of the devastation is immense.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/10\/768x432\/skynews-hurricane-melissa-jamaica_7066606.jpg?20251030073011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/10\/384x216\/skynews-hurricane-melissa-jamaica_7066606.jpg?20251030073011 380w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/10\/768x432\/skynews-hurricane-melissa-jamaica_7066606.jpg?20251030073011 760w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/10\/1600x900\/skynews-hurricane-melissa-jamaica_7066606.jpg?20251030073011 1024w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/10\/2048x1152\/skynews-hurricane-melissa-jamaica_7066606.jpg?20251030073011 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw\" alt=\"Streets covered with mud, after Hurricane Melissa in Montego Bay. Pic: Reuters\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption\"><span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption-text\">Streets covered with mud, after Hurricane Melissa in Montego Bay. Pic: Reuters<br>\n        <\/span><br>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Estimates by hazard analysts Enki Research put the bill at &pound;5.8bn. That&rsquo;s more than a third of Jamaica&rsquo;s GDP &ndash; a measure of its economic wealth.<\/p>\n<p>It will take months and international support to put Jamaica back on its feet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Destruction in Jamaica revealed in before and after satellite images<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The scale of the destruction left by Hurricane Melissa as it tore across Jamaica is now being revealed by the first photos taken by satellites. The eye of the storm made landfall on the southwest coast of the island, 75 miles from the capital Kingston, on Tuesday. Before and after images from Vantor&rsquo;s satellites show&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/destruction-in-jamaica-revealed-in-before-and-after-satellite-images\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Destruction in Jamaica revealed in before and after satellite images&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}