Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica, was set to reopen to relief flights on Thursday, but not to commercial flights yet, so many tourists and Jamaicans were disappointed to have to turn back.

United Cajun Navy deploys to Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa, providing relief while warning the public about fake AI-generated charity scams.

Follow live updates on Hurricane Melissa as the death toll reaches 38 people. Recovery efforts are underway in Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.

Lancelot Radcliffe was in tears near the Sangster International Airport, which remained closed on Thursday, east of Montego Bay, Jamaica, after Hurricane Melissa.

As Jamaicans begin to pick up the pieces after category 5 Hurricane Melissa violently tore across the country, vacationers stranded at the Riu Montego Bay Resort are hassling staff over what they feel are “disrespectful” accommodations.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba overnight after battering Jamaica as one of the most powerful landfalling storms in Atlantic basin history.

Valley residents who couldn’t find flights home in time are riding out one of the strongest hurricanes to make landfall in the Atlantic.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Melissa has begun affecting the southeastern Bahamas SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba — Melissa began affecting the southeastern Bahamas on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.