Hurricane Melissa: Update from RMI, 10/31/25

Many of you have been inquiring about the impact of Hurricane Melissa on your Sister Church and community. Up through Wednesday, it has been raining so hard that the roads have been impassable. We now have several teams out assessing the damage and needs. While Hurricane Melissa passed to the south of and around the southern peninsula of Haiti, it didn’t spare Haiti. The rain and wind bands resulted in over 8 days of heavy rain, significant storm surge, and high winds. This resulted in the tragic loss of many lives, with one area already reporting 29+ dead due to a flash flood. We are also getting reports of the devastation of crops and livestock, the wiping away of infrastructure (including cell towers, roads, bridges, etc.), the destruction of many homes, businesses, as well as some non-RMI churches, and schools. Pastors have shared that they opened the doors of their churches and schools to families whose homes were destroyed by the wind or had been forced out of their homes by flooding or the tidal surge.  Most of our sister churches were affected by the hurricane in some way, especially all those near the coast.  

There are reports of massive flooding of all the rivers. Villages and towns are underwater. Landslides and debris of all kinds block the mountain roads, often taking the roadway with them. Many roads in the coastal areas have been washed away by the tidal surge or flooding rivers. All of this makes our Haitian brothers and sisters’ desperate situations even more hopeless. We are receiving pictures and videos of the devastation from many sources. Click here for photos of some of the devastation. More photos will be added as they become available.