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Government estimates damage caused by Hurricane Melissa as high as seven billion US dollars

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KINGSTON, Jamaica, Nov 5, CMC – The Jamaica government says the preliminary estimate of the damage caused by Hurricane Melissa when it slammed into the country last Tuesday  has been put at an estimated cost as high as seven billion US dollars.

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