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Hurricane Melissa survivor on devastation

Hurricane Melissa brought devastating flooding to Jamaica after it made landfall as a Category 5 storm. Andrea Lee manages a bed and breakfast in Lucea, a town on Jamaica's northwest coast. She joins "CBS Mornings" to talk about the storm and damage.
Oct 29, 2025 (02:14)

TRANSCRIPT FOR: “HURRICANE MELISSA SURVIVOR DESCRIBES STORM MAKING LANDFALL: "IT WAS HORRENDOUS"”

TONY:
00:01:13

And Andrea--

ANDREA:
00:01:14

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TONY:
00:01:15

Andrea, when you think about the experience, it sounds like your guests are OK. But I'm curious, have you been able to travel around the area, take a look at the wider community yet? So we haven't ventured out, but we have neighbors that have ventured to our facility for different purposes, to get their phones charged and to get to call their relatives. So we've heard from them that the devastation, it's terrible. The roads are blocked, is what I'm hearing. So I think a lot of us are not venturing out too far yet until we can get some information on the conditions of the roads. The concern is the power lines being down and being electrocuted. I think that's probably the biggest concern.

TONY:
00:01:59

All right, Andrea Lee in Lucea on the Northwest Coast of Jamaica, thank you very much. Glad to hear your community is OK and that your building, at least, is still standing and appears to be well. We hope everyone else has similar good news. Thank you again. Thank you.

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