jamaica caribbean - Search News

Hurricane Melissa crossing Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa charges toward Cuba after pummeling Jamaica with historic power

Residents continued to evacuate from their homes in Cuba as Hurricane Melissa battered its way through the Caribbean and was expected to arrive on the island’s shores.

· 7m

Hurricane Melissa about to hit Cuba as Jamaican PM declares 'disaster area'

· 40m

Hurricane Melissa slams Jamaica, now heads to Cuba: Updates

· 10h

Hurricane Melissa chaos sees crocodiles roaming residential streets as Jamaica calls on Trump for emergency help: Live updates

Hurricane Melissa is set to pummel Jamaica today with the island braced for its strongest storm in its history.

· 22h

Hurricane Melissa leaves 7 dead as Jamaica braces for biggest ever storm

· 1d

'Not our first hurricane': Jamaicans prepare to ride out deadly Melissa

· 16h

Jamaica risks ‘catastrophe’ from Hurricane Melissa

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) projected that 1.5mn people could be affected in Jamaica alone, more than half the country’s 2.8mn population.

· 6h

Hurricane Melissa UPDATES: Jamaica blasted by 185mph storm as families trapped

· 3h

Hurricane Melissa UPDATES: Storm surges towards Cuba as Jamaica hit by 185mph gales

Hurricane Melissa live updates: 'Extremely dangerous' storm heads toward Cuba after battering Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa is set to bring catastrophic winds, flooding and storm surge to Jamaica, forecasters have warned.

Hurricane Melissa mapped: Jamaica orders evacuation as world’s strongest storm sweeps across Caribbean

Melissa is expected to reach Jamaica early Tuesday, breaking records as the most powerful storm ever to hit the island. The most powerful before now was Hurricane Gilbert in 1988, which recorded winds of 130mph.

36mon MSN

TROPICS: Hurricane Melissa now Category 4 in Jamaica, heavy rain still expected

Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled into roads Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa came ashore.

Hurricane Melissa strikes: LI's Jamaican community worries, prays as monster storm roars across Caribbean island

Melissa made landfall on Jamaica's southwestern coast around midday Tuesday as a Category 5 storm, with sustained winds of 185 mph, making it the strongest hurricane of the Atlantic season to date and the most powerful hurricane to ever hit the island.

WATCH: Streets of Jamaica flood with water after Hurricane Melissa wreaks havoc in the Caribbean island

As Melissa hit Jamaica with a sustained speed of 185 mph near New Hope, landslides, uprooting of trees and several power outages were reported across the island.

4don MSN

Jamaica could face days of hurricane conditions as Melissa set to rapidly intensify in the Caribbean

Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean are staring down what could become a catastrophic, days-long assault of extreme rainfall and damaging winds.

3hon MSN

Disaster relief funds sent from Huntsville to Jamaica as hurricane wreaks havoc in the Caribbean

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. ( WAFF) - Huntsville is home to many from Jamaica who still have friends and family in the Caribbean. They are calling Hurricane Melissa “historic” and “unheard of” as they wait to hear from their loved ones. On Tuesday, two Huntsville residents sat down with WAFF 48’s Faith Delp.

13h

Relief groups mobilizing to send critical emergency supplies to Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa is about to make landfall in Jamaica. Marlon Hill, Lead Relief Mobilizer for the south Florida organization Caribbean Strong, joins Chris Jansing to share more on how they are already preparing to send critical supplies to the country in the aftermath of the storm.