The Jamaica Organization of New Jersey has established two Paterson drop-off locations for donations to help the island recover from the Category 5 storm.

U.N. officials say that Hurricane Melissa flung nearly five million tons of debris across western Jamaica that is preventing crews from delivering aid and restoring critical services quickly.

A small plane heading to Jamaica for Hurricane Melissa relief efforts crashed into a waterway in a Coral Springs, Florida, neighborhood, officials said.

The West Palm Beach nonprofit "Place of Hope" in sending 25 barrels of emergency supplies to Jamaica as part of its ongoing efforts to support families recovering from Hurricane Melissa's destruction.