Hurricane Melissa

The MIS team released the Pre Event Report on GEO for Hurricane Melissa on 22 October, which showed the Predicted Track, Predicted Arrival Times, and Cone of Uncertainty.

On 23 October, the GEO report was updated to include Wind Speed Probability and Potential Storm Surge layers, identifying areas which could be at risk from the expected wind damage and storm surge.

Pre-event intelligence was added to the report each day up until October 29, after Melissa had made landfall.

The MIS team added the first Wind Exposure Layer to the GEO report on 29 October and also shared a Confirmed Incidents layer to highlight where things like flooding, building damage and landslides had been recorded in Jamaica.

On 30 October, the team released the first Satellite Imagery for this event, covering a number of areas across Jamaica that had been affected by Melissa to capture buildings that had visibly sustained damage.

By 31 October, the GEO report was updated with 2,000 Building Level Damage Assessments and Wind Claims Grids, enabling clients to get ahead of incoming claims and understand exactly how insured locations had been damaged.

There was also the release of additional Satellite Imagery for more regions across Jamaica.

After collecting further data over the weekend, the team made comprehensive updates to the report again on 02 November, adding 8,000 Building Level Damage Assessments, High-Resolution Aerial Imagery and Expanded Wind Claims Grids covering more affected areas.

More refinements were made to the report on 03 November, with more Building Damage Assessments, new Wind Claims Grids and increased Aerial Imagery coverage.

04 November saw more expansion of the Wind Claims Grids covering more impacted locations and 05 November further refined the Wind Claims Grid whilst adding new Building Damage Assessments for Santa Cruz and imagery for Bethel Town and Pitfour.

06 and 07 November featured more refinements to the Claims Grids and Building Damage Assessments, plus new imagery covering Montego Bay and May Pen.

Updates on 10 and 11 November included further Claims Grid refinements and the release of new Wind Intelligence Pictures.

The final two releases for this report came on 13 and 17 November, which covered updates to both the 1km and 200m Claims Grids, plus final Building Damage Assessments for Falmouth, Black River and Negril.

Watch the video below for an overview of MIS Intelligence around Hurricane Melissa: