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MIAMI — As Hurricane Melissa crept toward the St. Elizabeth parish of Jamaica, South Florida leaders gathered Tuesday morning to encourage residents to give what they can as soon as possible.

“Here we are, not waiting...Read more

Jason Walker remembers the last time Jamaica faced a storm this powerful.

It was September 1988 when Hurricane Gilbert — a Category 5 monster — ripped across the island, flattening crops, destroying homes and cutting ...Read more

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa officially made landfall on Jamaica Tuesday morning as the most powerful hurricane to ever strike the island, as well as the third-strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic.

The ...Read more

The U.S. agreed to support the construction of large-scale reactors from Westinghouse Electric Co. worth at least $80 billion, pledging much-needed government backing for the industry in the latest push to meet surging ...Read more

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa officially made landfall on Jamaica on Tuesday morning as the most powerful hurricane to ever strike the island, as well as the third-strongest hurricane to ever form in the Atlantic.

The ...Read more

Hurricane Melissa remained a fearsome Category 5 storm with 175 mph winds early Tuesday morning, just hours ahead of what will be a catastrophic landfall in Jamaica.

The National Hurricane Center pleaded with Jamaicans to...Read more

Bill Gates, the billionaire philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft Corp., says it’s time to adopt a more measured tone when addressing climate change and the threat it poses to the world.

In a memo published on ...Read more

On October 28th, 1919, prohibition began in the United States.

NextEra Energy Inc. plans to restart a nuclear power plant in Iowa, primarily to supply Google data centers.

The Duane Arnold Energy Center is expected to start delivering power by 2029 following agreements with Google, ...Read more

It’s the annual naming day for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.

Scientists at the New England Aquarium have unveiled a new slate of named North Atlantic right whales — a tradition that helps ...Read more

Hurricane Melissa’s rapid intensification and its projected torrential rain are highlighting the problems for emergency responders who will have to deal with crises on several Caribbean islands simultaneously in coming ...Read more

Hurricane Melissa, now a Category 5 monster, began its northwest turn Monday evening, churning toward Jamaica with what will likely be the most powerful winds ever recorded on the Caribbean island.

Melissa, which also is ...Read more

There is never a good time for a catastrophic hurricane to hit. But for Junior Ebanks, a farmer on Jamaica’s southern coast, Hurricane Melissa’s timing could not be worse.

“We are just preparing to start planting ...Read more

Cuba is bracing for Hurricane Melissa as it heads towards Santiago de Cuba, the island’s second-largest city, threatening catastrophic damage at a time the government is already failing to provide the most basic services...Read more

As Hurricane Melissa heads toward Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, South Florida’s Jamaican community is already organizing to help.

Several non-profits and several local municipalities have launched donation drives, ...Read more

In an ancient star system expected to be stable and dormant, scientists found a 3 billion-year-old white dwarf star still tearing apart massive quantities of rock.

“The rate we’ve seen rock consumed by this star is ...Read more

Hurricane Melissa, now a Category 5 monster, began its northwest turn Monday evening, churning toward Jamaica with what will likely be the most powerful winds ever recorded on the Caribbean island.

Melissa, which also is ...Read more