Jamaican music superstar Sean Paul has said the scale of the effort required to help people in the country is overwhelming after Hurricane Melissa devastated parts of the island last week.
The Grammy-winning reggae singer said the category five storm was very frightening, especially for my young kids.
That's the first time they've seen trees dance like that and the wind move like that, he told BBC News. They're in shock still, and traumatised. And can you imagine the children who are in the epicentre of it? It feels like you're in the Middle Ages.
Winds of up to 185mph (295 km/h) caused at least 28 deaths. Paul and his family were in the capital Kingston, while areas further west suffered the greatest damage.
The singer added, It is really difficult to bear. We weren't hit in Kingston very hard, but it was frightening. And you're wondering, at any minute now is there going to be, you know, some tree that comes along and slaps your roof off?
Paul has pledged $50,000 (£38,000) to match donations to Food For The Poor Jamaica, describing the devastation as a very mind-blowing situation. He continued, After days and days of communication and trying to help out in different ways, on Saturday I broke down. It's just the amount of energy it takes, and the depression that starts to set in, and then you have to shake yourself out of it because there's just so much to be done that we haven't even tipped the iceberg yet.
Fellow Jamaican music star, Shaggy, has been coordinating aid efforts on the island, bringing essentials to locals via small convoys. Expressing his feelings about the situation, he stated, I don't think I can unsee what I've seen... It's rough, there's a lot of aid coming in. Nobody could really prepare for something like that.
Sean Paul mentioned that Shaggy is trying to hold a concert in December to support ongoing recovery efforts. He said, It's a long term thing, so we don't want to hold it next week where no one will know about it. It has to be down the road where we can promote it.\
