Why are we writing about this?
The powerful Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica on Tuesday and overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday. Current information was provided by the US National Hurricane Center (NHC). The wind was blowing at a speed of about 300 km per hour. According to the NHC, it is one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic.
What did the Polish priest from Jamaica appeal for?
Polish priest Piotr Sierzchuła is staying in Jamaica. He published the recording on the “Missions of good deeds” profile on Facebook. A missionary working in Jamaica took refuge in the bathroom and secured the door with a mattress. He admitted that he “does not know what will happen later.” – Pray for us – asks a Polish missionary in Jamaica in the recording.
“I am a priest from the Archdiocese of Wrocław sent to missionary work in Jamaica in 2022. On a daily basis, I take care of a primary school, a parish and… a football team, because in Jamaica there is no football. Instead of snow I have the sun, instead of pork chops – chicken and rice, but I try to preach the Gospel with the same zeal. I work in the seaside parish of Savanna-La-Mar,” he wrote about himself priest on the website of the Prospe foundation, where you can support his activities.
Where is the Polish priest Piotr Sierzchuła?
What damage did Hurricane Melissa cause?
What does a priest do in Jamaica?
What is the priest's request in the face of a hurricane?
What does the expert say about the hurricane?
According to Michael Lowry, a hurricane specialist and storm surge expert, Melissa is the fifth most powerful Atlantic basin hurricane on record in terms of pressure and the strongest to make landfall since Hurricane Dorian in 2019. “This is the worst-case scenario for Jamaica,” Lowry said.
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