Today in Jamaica, people are picking up the pieces after the strongest storm seen on Earth — and the strongest hurricane in Jamaica’s history — thrashed the island. Hurricane Melissa has now moved over Cuba. The World’s Marco Werman heard about the damage done from Evan Thompson, director of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica in Kingston.
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