Did you see our message about Hurricane Melissa, friend? The situation is too dire not to reach back out.

With winds reaching 185 mph and catastrophic flash floods and landslides, Hurricane Melissa has devastated Jamaica as a deadly Category 5 storm yesterday and is continuing to wreak havoc across the Caribbean.

Americares is mobilizing our emergency response, and we’ll be dispatching a team to Jamaica to coordinate relief efforts with local partners. But we need your immediate help to support this lifesaving work. Will you give $125 now, and have it matched 500%, to help deliver urgent aid throughout the region and around the world?

Thank you for your support during this critical time, 

Americares

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From: Emergency Alert | Americares
Date: Tue, Oct 28, 2025
Subject: Urgent: Hurricane Melissa has made landfall. 5X match your gift.

Friend,

Hurricane Melissa just made landfall in Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 storm, bringing catastrophic wind, rain and deadly storm surges. Thousands are already without power, and widespread flooding and landslides are expected. 

Americares will be sending an emergency response team as soon as it is safe to travel. Our teams stand ready to deliver critical medicines, relief supplies and emergency funding to ensure help reaches those in need as quickly as possible.

Friend, will you rush $125 now, and have it matched 500%, to help deliver lifesaving aid throughout the region and around the world?

For more than 45 years, Americares has responded to hurricanes and other natural disasters around the world.

But we need your help to support this lifesaving work. Please, friend, will you rush a gift of $125 to help our emergency teams deliver urgent aid to those affected by Hurricane Melissa and other crises around the world? When you donate today, your gift can be matched 5X, thanks to a generous group of humanitarians.

Thank you for your immediate help,

Americares