After Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane, one NBA star is pledging to help the country with its recovery.
Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray, who has a deep family connection to Jamaica through his father, pledged on social media on Tuesday afternoon to be a part of the massive effort it will take to help Jamaica recover from a storm that was among the most powerful to come into existence in the last century.
Hurricane Melissa’s 185 mph winds and 892 millibars of central pressure on landfall tied two different records for the strongest Atlantic storm upon hitting Jamaica.
That prompted Murray to take to X and post,