The Jamaican government on Monday said at least 32 deaths have been attributed to Hurricane Melissa, with Information Minister Dana Morris Dixon saying there are possibly eight more unconfirmed deaths ...
When Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica late last month, it instantly became the strongest storm ever to strike the Caribbean island nation. The damage was devastating. According to the U.N., ...
WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 7, 2025 — Following Hurricane Melissa, the Government of Jamaica will receive a full payout of $150 million under its catastrophe insurance coverage with the World Bank, backed by ...
Alexander Wurm and his 22-year-old daughter, Serena, died in the crash. A father and daughter were killed in a small plane crash on Monday in Florida, which was bound for Jamaica on a hurricane relief ...
People with rooftop solar panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said. People with rooftop solar panels got their power back almost ...
After Hurricane Melissa’s exceptionally strong winds subsided, the roots of breadfruit trees clung deep into the fertile Jamaican soil — offering hope and a step toward food security in the future.
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 ...
Two weeks after Hurricane Melissa wrecked western Jamaica, officials are beginning to grapple with the challenge of trying to find housing for thousands of families. Two weeks after Hurricane Melissa ...
No one on the ground was injured and no houses were hit. Two people died when a small plane heading to Jamaica for Hurricane Melissa relief efforts plunged into a waterway in a Coral Springs, Florida, ...
When Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as one of the strongest storms in recorded history, the travel industry was already preparing to lend a helping hand to the popular tourist destination ...
Hurricane Melissa, a catastrophic Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 185 mph, made landfall in southwestern Jamaica on Oct. 28, 2025, destroying homes, severely damaging critical infrastructure ...
Trelawney Parish sits in a rural, agricultural region of Western Jamaica that borders the country’s largest contiguous rainforest. Under normal circumstances, the parish is relentlessly green — ...