The Los Angeles County Fire Department’s international search and rescue team will depart for Jamaica Thursday evening after being ordered by the U.S. State Department to respond to the nation to assist in recovery efforts after a category 5 hurricane battered the island.
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Packing winds of 185 mph, Hurricane Melissa left a wake of death and devastation in Jamaica, killing at least four people, after making landfall on Tuesday at New Hope on the southwestern side of the island…