Caribbean islands reel from Hurricane Melissa’s devastating impact as storm heads north

Rescue efforts are underway across the Caribbean after Hurricane Melissa tore through the region as one of the most powerful ...

Delaware Caribbean community mobilizes for Hurricane Melissa relief efforts

Delaware's Jamaican community is collecting aid to support recovery efforts after Hurricane Melissa hit the island. Why one ...

Hurricane Melissa leaves humanitarian disaster and recovery challenge for Caribbean after more than 30 are killed

The storm will hit Bermuda on Thursday afternoon or evening, after Jamaica faced the devastation from one of the most ...
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Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival returns to Miramar with Hurricane Melissa relief effort

The Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival returns to Miramar this weekend, celebrating Caribbean culture with food, music and ...

‘The need is urgent’: Jamaican Jerk Festival this Sunday collecting donations for Hurricane Melissa relief

As our island home recovers from unimaginable devastation, we’re calling on South Florida to stand with Jamaica.” — Eddy Edwards, president and CEO of Jerk Festivals USA ...

Climate change boosted Hurricane Melissa’s destructive winds and rain, analysis finds

An analysis from World Weather Attribution reports human-caused climate change intensified the winds and rainfall unleashed ...

Scores dead, thousands homeless and billions in damage: The bleak numbers that reveal Hurricane Melissa’s scale of destruction

One week after the category 5 ‘Storm of the Century’ first hit the Caribbean, residents have been left picking up the pieces.
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Jamaica tallies losses from Hurricane Melissa as more than 2 dozen communities remain cut off

Officials in Jamaica say that Hurricane Melissa ripped the roofs off 120,000 structures when it struck last week, affecting some 90,000 families in the island’s western region ...