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Comment | A decolonial wind? Hurricane Melissa decimated western Jamaica’s colonial buildings

Although it spared Kingston, the storm caused $9bn in damage and wiped out most of the heritage buildings and museums in the areas it touched

Annie Paul
25 November 2025
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The Falmouth Courthouse, a 19th-century Georgian colonial building, was damaged by Hurricane Melissa Courtesy National Museum Jamaica