Irish woman in fundraising effort for those affected by Hurricane Melissa

Residents in Black River, Jamaica, after the hurricane (Matias Delacroix/AP)

An Irish woman who has made her home in Jamaica has launched a fundraising effort to help those whose lives have been devastated by Hurricane Melissa.

Orlagh Kilbride, 45, who is originally from Dublin, has been living in Jamaica for almost a decade, and described her heartbreak at the hurricane which lashed the island last week.