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Jamaica: Food Security Monitoring Impact of Hurricane Melissa – Five Months On
By Caribbean Community Secretariat at ReliefWeb
· June 8, 2026
· 2 min read
. HIGHLIGHTS Five months after Hurricane Melissa, food security conditions show partial stabilization but remain significantly worse than before the storm. Insufficient food consumption declined from its November peak (30%) to 13% four months after but rose again to 17% at five months, indicating a
Key takeaway Insufficient food consumption declined from its November peak (30%) to 13% four months after but rose again to 17% at five months, indicating a slowdown in recovery and continued pressure on household food access.
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Category: disaster ·
Published: June 8, 2026 ·
Source: ReliefWeb ·
Reading time: 2 min
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What is this story about? . HIGHLIGHTS Five months after Hurricane Melissa, food security conditions show partial stabilization but remain significantly worse than before the storm. Insufficient food consumption declined from its November peak (30%) to 13% four months after but rose again to 17% at five months, indicating a
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