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Hurricane Melissa aftermath: Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti facing economic losses, more hardship
Thousands of Jamaicans were still without power, water and internet service on Thursday as the government continued to assess the widespread damage from Hurricane Melissa.
Days after the hit from Jamaica’s most catastrophic hurricane, the scope of the damages are becoming more clear. Aerial images reveal razed neighborhoods and trees without ...Read more
US ready to send humanitarian aid to Cuba after Hurricane Melissa devastation
The United States stands prepared to provide immediate humanitarian assistance to Cuba following the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Melissa, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday.
“We are prepared to offer immediate humanitarian aid to the people of Cuba affected by the Hurricane,” Rubio stated in a post on X. The State Department ...Read more
Hurricane Melissa wreaks $8 billion of damage, kills dozens
The devastation from Hurricane Melissa came into focus after the record-setting storm moved past Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba with at least 33 deaths and almost $8 billion of damage in its wake.
Across the Caribbean, the storm’s powerful winds have torn apart homes and buildings, blocked roads, trapped people on roofs and knocked out electricity. ...Read more
Hurricane Melissa death toll at least 27 after 'catastrophic' hit to Caribbean
Hurricane Melissa pulled away from Cuba on Wednesday morning, leaving a trail of devastation that stretched through Cuba’s second most populous region and Jamaica, where it was the strongest storm to ever strike the island nation. Now, it continues its devastating path through the Bahamas.
The storm has a confirmed death toll of at least 27, ...Read more
Jamaica's tourist resorts and ports could face a long recovery from hurricane
Hurricane Melissa hit much of Jamaica hard. The country’s all-important tourism industry will likely suffer, too, as damage assessments are made over the coming days.
While it’s too early to know the full impact of Melissa, Montego Bay was underwater on Wednesday and infrastructure was damaged. The city is the home to several resorts and ...Read more
After Hurricane Melissa, a flood of damage. Followed by a flood of fake AI videos
No, there weren’t schools of sharks circling in resort pools in Jamaica. No, a commercial plane didn’t get a bird’s eye view above the center of the storm. And no, there weren’t crowds swimming in Hurricane Melissa’s floodwaters on the streets.
While damage reports coming out of Cuba and Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa are awful, some...Read more
'Unprecedented devastation' in Jamaica from Hurricane Melissa hampers aid efforts
As a powerful Hurricane Melissa continued its destructive path through the Caribbean and into the Atlantic on Wednesday, Jamaica began the arduous task of trying to assess what one United Nations official described as “tremendous and unprecedented devastation” across the island.
“We have people living in shelters across the country, and ...Read more
Hurricane Melissa washes over Cuba, bringing flooding and power outages
Hurricane Melissa barreled over eastern Cuba on Wednesday as a powerful Category 3 storm, bringing torrential rainfall and heavy flooding to the eastern provinces after making landfall near Santiago de Cuba, the island’s second-largest city.
Although the government had not yet been able to assess the damage hours after the storm left the ...Read more
Hurricane Melissa's catastrophic floods kill at least 20 in Haiti, others missing
At least 20 people are dead in Haiti and another dozen are missing after a river in the town of Petit-Goâve, southwest of Port-au-Prince, flooded as Hurricane Melissa bombarded the country with heavy rain as it battered nearby Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 storm.
Emmanuel Pierre, the head of the Haitian Office of Civil Protection, told the ...Read more
Hurricane Melissa death toll at least 27 after 'catastrophic' hit to Caribbean
Hurricane Melissa pulled away from Cuba on Wednesday morning, leaving a trail of devastation that stretched through Cuba’s second most populous region and Jamaica, where it was the strongest storm to ever strike the island nation. Next in its sights is the Bahamas.
The storm has a confirmed death toll of at least 27, mostly in Haiti, where ...Read more
'Catastrophic': Hurricane Melissa ravages hospitals, homes in Jamaica and Cuba
Hurricane Melissa pulled away from Cuba on Wednesday morning, leaving a trail of devastation that stretched through Cuba’s second most populous region and Jamaica, where it was the strongest storm to ever strike the island nation. Next in its sights is the Bahamas.
In Jamaica, Prime Minister Andrew Holness issued a disaster declaration not ...Read more
Trump vows assistance for Caribbean after Hurricane Melissa strikes
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is pledging that the United States will help the island nations of the Caribbean on a “humanitarian basis” as Hurricane Melissa continues to ravage the area.
“We’re watching it closely, and we’re prepared to move,” the president told reporters on Air Force One as he traveled to South Korea. “...Read more
Hurricane Melissa washes over Cuba, bringing flooding and power outages
Hurricane Melissa barreled over eastern Cuba on Wednesday morning as a powerful Category 3 storm, bringing torrential rainfall and heavy flooding to the island’s eastern provinces after making landfall near Santiago de Cuba, the second-largest city.
The hurricane’s center struck near the coastal town of Chivirico in the municipality of Guam...Read more
Hurricane Melissa slams Cuba; Jamaica declared 'disaster area'
After ravaging Jamaica most of Tuesday, Hurricane Melissa made its second landfall around 3 a.m. in Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane.
The National Hurricane Center said Melissa came ashore in Santiago de Cuba with 120 mph winds, marking the strongest storm to make landfall in Cuba since Hurricane Irma in 2017. It’s expected to bring up to 20 ...Read more
As Caribbean dreads Hurricane Melissa's destruction, it can no longer count on USAID
When catastrophic Hurricane Dorian became the strongest storm ever to hit The Bahamas six years ago, submerging the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama under floodwaters, the U.S. government was among the most generous of responders.
Washington, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, deployed search-and-rescue teams, airlifted ...Read more
'They are our neighbors': Miami-Dade leaders rally behind hurricane relief effort
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 to hear that our help is needed,” said Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine-Cava at a press conference at the Global ...Read more
Atlanta's Jamaican community rallies as Hurricane Melissa batters the island
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 power for weeks. At least 45 people died and hundreds of thousands were left homeless.
Walker and his family were among the ...Read more
Hurricane Melissa slams Jamaica. It's tied as strongest land-falling Atlantic storm
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 National Hurricane Center formally declared landfall — when half the eye of a storm is over land — at 1 p.m. in the town of New...Read more
Hurricane Melissa officially makes landfall as Jamaica's strongest storm
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 National Hurricane Center formally declared landfall — when half the eye of a storm is over land — at 1 p.m. in the town of ...Read more
Cat 5 Hurricane Melissa hits 180 mph winds hours before Jamaica landfall
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 “remain sheltered!” as the already-deadly storm churned just offshore. One measure of Melissa’s frightening potential ...Read more
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