PETIT-GOÂVE, Haiti (AP) — 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 ...

PETIT GOÂVE, Haiti (AP) — Amizia Renotte sat on a broken piece of concrete and pointed to a large pile of dirt where her house once stood before the outer bands of Hurricane Melissa crumpled it as the ...

At least 40 people have died across Haiti, Steven Aristil with Haiti’s Civil Protection Agency told The Associated Press. He said 20 of those deaths were reported in the southern coastal town of Petit ...

Editor's note: This page summarizes news on Hurricane Melissa for Wednesday, Oct. 29. For the latest on Hurricane Melissa, visit USA TODAY's coverage for Thursday, Oct. 30. Hurricane Melissa weakened ...

Hurricane Melissa has seen its death toll enter double digits amid widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, where roofless homes and water-logged furniture dominated the landscape. At ...

The rumble of large machinery, whine of chain saws and chopping of machetes echoed through communities across the northern Caribbean on Thursday as they dug out from the destruction of Hurricane ...

Hundreds of people in the South and the Grand’Anse regions of Haiti fled their homes to take refuge in temporary shelters, in order to escape Hurricane Melissa. World Food Program At least 20 people ...

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba(AP) — Hurricane Melissa left at least dozens dead and caused widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, where roofless homes, toppled utility poles and water-logged ...

The death toll in Haiti from Hurricane Melissa has risen to more than two dozen, with several people still missing, authorities said on Wednesday. The southern coastal town of Petit-Goâve was the ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government said Nov. 4 that the death toll from Hurricane Melissa rose to 43, with 13 others still missing. Crews were still trying to reach people in the ...