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 days, according to the Caribbean’s top disaster management expert.

After striking Jamaica, where it’s expected to make ...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 expected to dump several feet of rain, has already been blamed for a handful of deaths in Haiti and Jamaica and the toll will...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 again for the tourism winter season,” he said from Treasure Beach in St. Elizabeth Parish. “That’s our best growing ...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 and thousands are sick because of the rise of mosquito-transmitted diseases and other illnesses linked to poor sanitary ...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, accepting monetary donations, food, water, toiletries and other items that organizers expect to be necessities in the aftermath ...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 expected to dump several feet of rain, has already been blamed for a handful of deaths in Haiti and Jamaica, and the toll ...Read more

Hurricane Melissa spun into a Category 5 monster on Monday, churning toward Jamaica with what will likely be the most powerful winds ever recorded on the Caribbean island.

Melissa, which also is expected to dump several feet of rain, has already been blamed for a handful of deaths in Haiti and Jamaica and the toll will almost certainly rise. ...Read more

As Hurricane Melissa nears Jamaica, cruise trips that left from South Florida are changing their itineraries.

Category 5 Melissa is expected to make landfall Tuesday morning on the southern coast of Jamaica, according to the National Hurricane Center. Forecasts have it hitting the Bahamas and Cuba later this week.

Here’s how cruise ship ...Read more

Hurricane Melissa spun into a Category 5 monster on Monday, churning toward Jamaica with what will likely be the most powerful winds ever recorded on the Caribbean island.

Melissa, which also is expected to dump several feet of rain, has already been blamed for a handful of deaths in Haiti and Jamaica and the toll will almost certainly rise. ...Read more

Hurricane Melissa — now a deadly Category 5 storm — is winding up to strike Jamaica with what could be the strongest winds ever recorded on the Caribbean island.

As of 8 a.m. Monday morning, the National Hurricane Center found the hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 160 mph. And it forecasts the storm to strengthen even more over the ...Read more

As an island country in the Caribbean Sea, hurricanes aren’t new in Jamaica. Hurricanes hovering over the island while continuously dumping rain and blasting Category 4 or 5 winds, however, are a different brand.

Category 4 Hurricane Melissa, at 145 mph maximum sustained winds as of Sunday 5 p.m. and forecast by the U.S.’s National ...Read more

Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a 140 mph Category 4 storm early Sunday morning and continues on its path toward Jamaica, Cuba and the Bahamas.

“Tropical storm conditions are likely occurring in Jamaica, with hurricane conditions expected to begin by Monday,” the National Hurricane Center said in its 2 p.m. Sunday advisory.

As for the ...Read more

Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a 140 mph Category 4 storm early Sunday morning and continues on its path toward Jamaica, Cuba and the Bahamas.

“Tropical storm conditions are likely occurring in Jamaica, with hurricane conditions expected to begin by Monday,” the National Hurricane Center said in its 11 a.m. Sunday advisory.

As of the ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Among the losses suffered by Western Alaska victims of ex-Typhoon Halong — destroyed four-wheelers, houses and lives — the destruction of the traditional foods they’d gathered for the winter is among the most deeply felt, Alaska Natives leaders say.

The flooding destroyed caches of seal, salmon, moose meat, berries ...Read more

The storm slowly crossing the Caribbean became Category 1 Hurricane Melissa Saturday afternoon as parts of the Caribbean prepared for heavy rains, flooding and landslides — if they weren’t already dealing with them.

And, Melissa’s expected to get much stronger as it approaches Jamaica, then Cuba.

What you need to know about Hurricane ...Read more

Hurricane Melissa formed Saturday afternoon as parts of the Caribbean including Jamaica brace for catastrophic rain, flooding and landslides.

The storm, which is 145 miles from Kingston and 235 miles from Port-au-Prince as of Saturday afternoon, is moving slowly toward the west-northwest at about 1 mph and by 1:30 p.m. Saturday reached ...Read more

Tropical Storm Melissa continues to linger over the central Caribbean, moving slowly while unleashing torrential rain across Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica. The storm already has claimed at least three lives and destroyed a bridge in Haiti, and is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane by Sunday, according to forecasters.

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Though the full effects of Tropical Storm Melissa have yet to be felt in the Caribbean, Haiti’s disaster office said Friday three people have already died and another was injured in a landslide attributed to the storm’s heavy rains.

Two people were killed Thursday in Fontamara, a community south of Port-au-Prince, in the West regional ...Read more

Tropical Storm Melissa is effectively parked in the central Caribbean, dumping devastating amounts of rain on Haiti and Jamaica that has already claimed at least three lives and destroyed one bridge. And more rain is on the way.

The National Hurricane Center doesn’t expect Melissa to pick up the pace for days. Over the weekend, the storm is ...Read more

Though the full effects of Tropical Storm Melissa have yet to be felt in the Caribbean, Haiti’s disaster office said Friday three people have already died and another was injured in a landslide attributed to the storm’s heavy rains.

Two people were killed Thursday in Fontamara, a community south of Port-au-Prince, in the West regional ...Read more