JAMAICA NOW: JA under hurricane warning | TS Melissa to make landfall Tuesday | Sandy Gully cleaned
Oct 25th, 2025 | Category: Jamaica Now | 16:20#JamaicaGleaner #JamaicaNow OCTOBER 25, 2025: The slow moving Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to make landfall on Tuesday as a major system… The Government is urging persons in low-lying and flood prone areas to be prepared to leave… The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has indicated that about 881 shelters are on standby across the country… On Wednesday, the authorities started work to clear the Sandy Gully in Kingston and St Andrew… As Jamaica braces for Tropical Storm Melissa, Jamaica Public Service (JPS), the country’s main power provider is warning citizens to prepare for possible outages… Petrojam says Jamaica has more than two weeks’ supply of fuel and 10 days’ supply of liquified petroleum gas in reserve as
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