Petit-Goâve, Haiti — Many in Petit-Goâve were asleep when La Digue river began to rise after midnight. By the time residents in the southern coastal town realized what was happening, it was too late.

As Hurricane Melissa batters Jamaica, Executive Chef at Van Andel Arena Maurice Cordova is thousands of miles away from the island. But he knows what the island is going through all too well. “They ...