"Seeing the videos and the photographs is one thing, but actually being there in person and seeing the damage is quite another," a local senator said. "It's heartbreaking."

One week after Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica, the island is still struggling to recover from one of the most destructive storms in recent memory.

Days after Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica, aid groups are still struggling to reach some of the island’s hardest hit areas, including Trelawny Parish, where damage to roads and infrastructure continues to slow relief efforts.

At first light on Wednesday, the coastal communities of southwestern Jamaica bore the devastation of being in the direct path of Hurricane Melissa.

A London couple stuck in Jamaica when Hurricane Melissa hit arrived back home a week later then planned, their eyes filling with tears recalling the destruction they saw and the kindness they experienced from Jamaicans.

A restaurant owner in Northeast Portland is collecting food and supplies for the victims of Hurricane Melissa, which hit Jamaica last week.

The world's largest nonprofit public health organization, which focuses on addressing the HIV AIDS epidemic, will be deploying 41 pallets with critical supplies, like generators, water, toilet paper, tents, tarps, ready-to-eat food kits, feminine hygiene kits and water purification tablets.