Hurricane Melissa and Disaster Risk Reduction: Turning Disaster Data into Climate Intelligence

Raymond Pryce

ENVIROTEK Resilience Matters · 2026

Written for International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (13 October 2026), this piece argues that the data generated during Hurricane Melissa, including Jamaica's national satellite and drone damage assessment of more than 428,000 buildings, should keep informing recovery long after the emergency ends. It explains how integrating disaster and environmental data into climate intelligence can shape resilient reconstruction, and how EnviroTek's melissajamaica.org platform applies that approach.