JAMAICA (KETK) - Volunteers from the East Texas nonprofit Love Mercy International are currently in Jamaica helping people recover from Hurricane Melissa, which left damage and debris across the island.

After the storm made landfall in Jamaica on Oct. 28, dozens of people were left dead, while many others had their homes destroyed and are in need of vital resources like food and shelter.

KETK News spoke with Love Mercy volunteer Kelly Grizzard on Monday about their work clearing debris, cleaning out buildings and distributing food and relief supplies to the people of Jamaica.

"I was in Hurricane Katrina, and it was like a bomb went off, but everything was flat. Well, imagine the same thing, but it's with ravines and sides of hills, and you're looking at houses that are on the edge of th

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