2025-10-29
13 分钟Good morning. It's Wednesday, October 29th.
I'm Shamita Basu.
This is Apple News Today.
On today's show, the government shutdown faces its first major test,
the upcoming state elections that national Democrats are watching most closely,
and why showbiz dogs and cats aren't booking as many gigs these days.
But first, to what's been called Jamaica's storm of the century,
as it tore through the island on its path through the Caribbean.
The sounds there of violent winds and rain sweeping past a coastal hospital in the parish of St. Elizabeth that later lost sections of its roof.
Hurricane Melissa hit landfall at around midday local time yesterday,
with winds of up to 185 miles per hour on arrival.
It's the strongest to ever hit Jamaica since record keeping began.
Videos emerged throughout the day showing major structural damage,
trees tossed into the wind, and homes destroyed.
Officials say over half a million have been without electricity and have urged people to stockpile enough water for at least three days.
Yesterday, as the storm drifted off land,
Jamaica's local government minister Desmond McKenzie gave an assessment of the damage.
Jamaica has gone through what I can call one of its worst period.
Our infrastructure has been severely compromised.
He pointed to the parish of St. Elizabeth, an area vital to the country's agriculture production.