Jamaica spent years building a pot of money to handle climate-fuelled disasters. It turned out to be enough to cover just 5% ...

Two weeks after Hurricane Melissa wrecked western Jamaica, officials are beginning to grapple with the challenge of trying to ...

KINGSTON — Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Tuesday said that last week's Hurricane Melissa, the strongest-ever storm to hit its shores, caused damage to homes and key infrastructure roughly ...

Hurricane Melissa, a catastrophic Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 185 mph, made landfall in southwestern Jamaica on Oct. 28, 2025, destroying homes, severely damaging critical infrastructure ...

BLACK RIVER, Jamaica — The courthouse, the library, schools, the downtown shopping district and most everybody’s roof — all gone, wiped out by the most powerful hurricane to ever hit Jamaica.

The air smells of damp earth and drying mud. Smoke from debris fires mixes with a faint tang of fuel from the few generators that still have gas. Every sound carries: the strike of hammers and the ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. BOONE, N.C., Nov. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Tomorrow, Samaritan's Purse will launch its third airlift to Jamaica, ...

BOONE, N.C., Nov. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Tomorrow, Samaritan's Purse will launch its third airlift to Jamaica, scaling up the organization's ongoing relief efforts to Hurricane Melissa—the largest ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Category 5 Hurricane Melissa demolished Jamaica’s historic Black River seaport, destroying up to 90% of structures ...

In the ruins of Black River, which the Jamaican government has described as Hurricane Melissa's "ground zero," people are scrambling for relief. "People are hungry," said Monique Powell as she stood ...