Hurricane Melissa slams Jamaica
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After Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica, drone footage from the island shows the trail of devastation left by the storm.
Melissa killed dozens in Haiti when a river burst its banks and left tens of thousands without electricity in Jamaica.
Cubans waded through flooded, debris-strewn streets Wednesday as Hurricane Melissa blasted across the Caribbean, leaving 30 dead or missing in Haiti and devastating swaths of Jamaica. Headed for The Bahamas and Bermuda as a weakened but still threatening storm,
Hurricane Melissa is now moving northeast from Cuba after hammering the island with powerful winds and rain. As the storm scrapes Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas with its destructive force, residents in low-lying and flood prone areas have been urged to evacuate ahead of a shelter-in-place order coming tonight.
Hurricane Melissa— one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded—is now off Cuba’s eastern coast, after leaving a trail of destruction across the large island and its much smaller neighbor, Jamaica.
The British Government says it is providing £2.5 million (about $510 million) in emergency funding to support recovery from Hurricane Melissa’s devastation in the Caribbean. Th
The storm left widespread destruction and at least dozens of deaths in its path. In Chicago, people are looking for ways to help.
Hurricane Melissa, the strongest tropical cyclone of 2025, disrupts Caribbean travel, closing airports and causing widespread flight cancellations.