‘Really worried’: B.C. woman fears for family as Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica
Global News
Janice Davis owns Royals Jerk Spot Drive-Thru and Royals Beauty Supply – next door to one another - on 105A Avenue in Whalley. She has many family members in Jamaica.
While stressing over the safety of her family as Hurricane Melissa hits, a Surrey, B.C. woman is hoping the local Jamaican community will come together to help people on the Caribbean island rebuild their lives.
Janice Davis owns Royals Jerk Spot Drive-Thru and Royals Beauty Supply – next door to one another – on 105A Avenue in Whalley.
Anxious and running on no sleep, Davis said she closed both businesses on Tuesday, but planned to open up her restaurant space to the Jamaican community as members await news from their loved ones.
“I am really worried about the people back home,” Davis told Global News in an interview.
Davis’ hometown of Rocky Point was under a mandatory evacuation order, as the hurricane, the strongest to hit Jamaica since recordkeeping began 174 years ago, made landfall.
While her mother has moved to higher ground, Davis said her two brothers, sister and niece remain in the small fishing village on the southern coast of Clarendon Parish.
The World Meteorological Organization said Hurricane Melissa would likely bring wind gusts exceeding 300 kilometres per hour, flash floods and landslides, marking the worst storm to hit Jamaica this century.
Davis said her sister wishes she did not stay behind to ride out the Category 5 storm.
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