Jamaica has secured up to $6.7 billion in support from international agencies to fund reconstruction over the next three years in the wake of Hurricane Melissa.
Melissa, one of the strongest storms on record to make landfall in the Caribbean, unleashed catastrophic flooding and landslides with some 30 inches (76 cm) of rain when it struck Jamaica in October, causing damage estimated at $10 billion.
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The agencies said in a joint statement on Monday that the support will come from the Development Bank