KINGSTON, JAMAICA – An isolated island in the Caribbean, Jamaica is no stranger to hurricanes. Hurricane Melissa is currently intensifying and inching closer to the Jamaica coast with the potential to ...

Jamaica is bracing for the world's strongest storm of 2025 after Hurricane Melissa was blamed for seven deaths across the Caribbean. The Category 5 hurricane is expected to gather speed and batter the ...

Hurricane Melissa, the strongest storm to hit Jamaica in more than 30 years, made landfall in late October and forced the ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – Hurricane Melissa is currently 115-miles south-southwest of Kingston, Jamaica and 295-miles south-southwest of Guantanamo, Cuba with maximum sustained winds of 145-mph. Its ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa intensified into a Category 5 storm Monday as it drew closer to Jamaica, where forecasters expected it to unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and ...

The prime minister ordered mandatory evacuations as officials braced for tens of thousands to be displaced. Three people were killed and 13 others injured during preparations for the storm, the health ...

The scope of the historic disaster that is the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa is just starting to come into focus, a week after the record-setting storm made landfall and carved a path of immense ...

Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett of Jamaica announced that Negril will officially reopen on December 15 after a swift, ...

Hurricane Melissa leveled homes across Jamaica — now the country must figure out how to rebuild smarter before the next monster storm hits.

Hurricane Melissa made a dramatic landfall, battering Jamaica with winds up to 185 mph. This marked the strongest direct hit to the island in 174 years. Mandatory evacuations pushed hundreds into ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Rescuers and aid workers fanned out across Jamaica on Saturday to distribute food and water and reach communities still isolated four days after Hurricane Melissa hit the island.