Jamaican farms reel from Hurricane Melissa, fuel fears of food shortages

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa has devastated Jamaica’s agricultural heartland, St. Elizabeth, destroying farms, killing thousands of chickens, and leaving at least 28 people dead. Egg farmer Osbourne Brumley lost his J$540 million (RM14 million) uninsured investment after both his facilities were destroyed, threatening a nationwide egg shortage. The storm also flattened major crop fields, raising fears of food scarcity. Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3cwr9e72 WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline