TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A second plane full of American evacuees from Jamaica is finally home after landing at the Tampa International Airport Saturday night, Grey Bull Rescue said.

Hundreds of Americans found themselves grounded in Jamaica last week as Hurricane Melissa battered the country, making landfall as a Category 5 storm. The storm, among the strongest ever recorded in the Atlantic, then left a path of destruction across much of the northern Caribbean.

Nearly 50 deaths have been reported so far, a number that is expected to continue rising as authorities work through the debris.

Grey Bull Rescue, a Tampa-based foundation founded by an Army and Navy veteran, arranged for the stranded Americans to return home through donated funds. The non-profit often deploys teams to war zones or

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