Anthony Anderson stood atop a pile of rubble as he recounted the long, terrifying hours of Hurricane Melissa’s landfall in southwestern Jamaica. That same pile, where he’d returned to salvage what he could, had been his home in Black River before the Category 5 storm reduced it to splinters and into a crushing prison where…

Pastor Erroll Bennett joyfully filled his van with supplies from Samaritan’s Purse as he described the vast need among suffering people in his community. “Even if people at the moment have money, they could not buy anything, so we are totally dependent on the assistance given by others on the outside,” he said. “All around…

Derick emerged from cover to survey the storm he had just survived. Hurricane Melissa had churned for hours over Black River, Jamaica, and from what he could see, his community was in ruins. The once-lush tropical forests had been stripped of all color, while aluminum roofs and household possessions were strewn across the streets. Aluminum…