Hurricane Melissa Restoration Highlights
Thursday November 13, 2025
Key Sites Restored
RESTORATION STATUS
CUSTOMERS RESTORED: While doing damage assessment, JPS teams are using the opportunity to carry out repairs and restore service to some customers in the parishes with less severe damage:
- As at Thursday, November 13, 67% of customers have power supply, mainly in Kingston and St. Andrew, St. Catherine, St. Thomas, Clarendon, Manchester, Portland and most recently in St. Mary, St. James, St. Ann, and small sections of Elizabeth.
- Approximately 33% of customers are currently without power supply, down from 77% at the start of the restoration.
- Sections of Trelawny, including sections of Falmouth and Duncans, the Cruise Ship Pier, and the Falmouth Hospital have been restored.
- Additional sections of St. Ann have also been restored, including the Shaw Park and Bogue NWC pumps, The Ibex BPO, and the Ocho Rios Fire Station.
- Sections of the town of Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth have also now been restored.
- Work continues in Montego Bay to restore additional critical sites and economic zones.
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT: Damage assessment has been completed on 100% of transmission lines and substations and 88% of distribution feeders.
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