Provide Emergency Relief to Hurricane Melissa Victims

Hurricane Melissa has unleashed catastrophic destruction across the Caribbean, displacing hundreds of thousands of families and leaving entire communities struggling to survive. Jamaica and Cuba have already been devastated, and the Bahamas remain directly in harm’s way as the storm continues its path as a powerful Category 5 system. Homes are gone, power grids have collapsed, and vital infrastructure has been wiped out.

Yet as the need for help grows by the hour, Washington has failed to act. President Trump’s deep cuts to FEMA and his earlier shutdown of USAID have crippled the very agencies meant to respond to disasters like this. Relief workers are sidelined, funding is frozen, and lifesaving assistance is trapped in bureaucratic limbo — all while people are losing everything.

Congress has the power and the moral responsibility to step in. Lawmakers must immediately end the shutdown, restore full funding to disaster response programs, and authorize emergency humanitarian relief for every community affected by Hurricane Melissa.

The United States bears a unique responsibility to act. For decades, our country has done more than any other to fuel the climate crisis through fossil fuel pollution. Now, as powerful climate-fueled storms devastate the Global South, we have a duty to help those paying the price for a crisis they did not cause.

Tell Congress: “Deliver urgent relief to the victims of Hurricane Melissa. Fully fund FEMA, reopen USAID, end the shutdown, and provide emergency aid to communities in Jamaica, Cuba, and the Bahamas.”

Every moment of delay costs lives. These are families — not statistics — and they deserve compassion, solidarity, and swift action. Congress must lead where the White House has failed and ensure the United States meets its moral obligation to help those suffering in the wake of Hurricane Melissa.

Add your name to demand Congress act now — before even more lives are lost.