{"id":291960,"date":"2025-11-01T00:05:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T00:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/desperation-and-anger-urgent-calls-for-aid-in-wake-of-hurricane-melissa-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T00:05:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T00:05:01","slug":"desperation-and-anger-urgent-calls-for-aid-in-wake-of-hurricane-melissa-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/desperation-and-anger-urgent-calls-for-aid-in-wake-of-hurricane-melissa-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Desperation and anger: Urgent calls for aid in wake of Hurricane Melissa | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/IrdrIZYF44U\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Desperation and anger: Urgent calls for aid in wake of Hurricane Melissa | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IrdrIZYF44U\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>At least 50 people are thought to have died after Hurricane Melissa ripped a path of destruction across Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Britain government has announced an extra \u00a35 million in aid for Jamaica, but many desperate communities say help is not yet reaching them.<\/p>\n<p>ITV News has travelled to the resort of Black River on Jamaica&#8217;s south western coast, which authorities have called the &quot;ground zero&quot; of Melissa. 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