By Sarah Morland KINGSTON (Reuters) -Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Tuesday said that last week's Hurricane Melissa, the strongest-ever storm to hit its shores, caused damage to homes and key infrastructure roughly equivalent to 28% to 32% of last year's gross domestic product.

Conditions remain quiet in the tropics, with no activity expected for the next seven days. But don't let your guard down yet.

Days after Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica, aid groups are still struggling to reach some of the island’s hardest hit areas, including Trelawny Parish, where damage to roads and infrastructure continues to slow relief efforts.

The Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1 and lasts through November 30. There have been 13 named storms so far this season.

"Historically, storms have been named for a long time, but haphazardly and after the fact. For example, an Atlantic storm that ripped the mast off a boat named Antje would become known as Antje's hurricane. As weather forecasting developed as a science, storms were identified by their latitude-longitude," the WMO website reads, in part.

Influencers face backlash for posting TikTok and Instagram videos while traveling to Jamaica during Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, with critics calling their content insensitive.

The world's largest nonprofit public health organization, which focuses on addressing the HIV AIDS epidemic, will be deploying 41 pallets with critical supplies, like generators, water, toilet paper, tents, tarps, ready-to-eat food kits, feminine hygiene kits and water purification tablets.

The brave men and woman onboard NOAA’s Hurricane Hunter airplanes need to remain cool, calm and collected during extreme conditions while flying into some of the most intense storms on Earth.

Hurricane Melissa left dozens dead and widespread destruction across Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti on Wednesday, and it continued on to pass through the Bahamas as a weakened storm.