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The strongest hurricane to hit the island in modern history.

Hurricane Melissa slamming Jamaica, she is no joke.

This one is a category five.

In the town, all the churches are damaged.

You know, we are scattered.

You're walking, but you're not sure if you are walking.

You're talking, but you're not conscious of what you're saying,

because you're so horrified.

And at this time, we're thinking about where are we going to get together again,

to worship, and pray that your faith will bring you through this.

It's in one-room chapels in sugar belt villages to churches that survived slavery and emancipation.

Hurricane Melissa leveled Jamaica's religious legacy in hours.

It has to become your mantra, even if you doubt it sometimes and you're like, God, what did you do?

Why are you doing this?

You somehow, you still find that little seed and say, you don't have to understand all of this.

You just have to deal with what you have been dealt with.

I'm Nick Davis and this is the documentary on BBC World Service.

I was one of the first to report on the unfolding disaster.

For Heart and Soul, we're back at Ground Zero,

where Hurricane Melissa made landfall on Jamaica's southwest coast.

So we're just making our way into Black River, so much of this area is still very much a disaster

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