{"id":292288,"date":"2025-11-02T21:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T21:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/jamaican-farmers-warn-of-food-shortages-after-destruction-of-hurricane-melissa\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T21:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T21:05:11","slug":"jamaican-farmers-warn-of-food-shortages-after-destruction-of-hurricane-melissa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/jamaican-farmers-warn-of-food-shortages-after-destruction-of-hurricane-melissa\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaican farmers warn of food shortages after destruction of Hurricane Melissa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/OoopA_xPRBg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Jamaican farmers warn of food shortages after destruction of Hurricane Melissa\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OoopA_xPRBg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The category 5 hurricane has decimated the country&#8217;s breadbasket of St Elizabeth and neighbouring Manchester and Trelawny, destroying farms and klling livestock. 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