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 ...

Aerial footage shows the devastating extent of Hurricane Melissa’s destruction in Jamaica Hurricane Melissa’s wind thrashed and howled louder than a scream. Inside my home, voices whispered urgently ...

The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility SPC has announced a record payout of $70.8 million to the Government of Jamaica following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa — the largest ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica—Communications and entertainment provider Flow Jamaica says mobile services remain stable for approximately 70 per cent of its customers, although intermittent disruptions persist in ...

People across the northern Caribbean were digging out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa on Thursday as deaths from the catastrophic storm climbed. The rumble of large machinery, whine of ...

Barrington “Barry G” Gordon, whose exuberant delivery and charismatic personality made him one of Jamaica’s great broadcasters, died at the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital in Westmoreland on October 29. He ...

KINGSTON, St. Andrew Parish (KCCI) - An Iowa native living in Jamaica described the hours she spent sheltering as Hurricane Melissa tore across the island as a powerful Category 5 storm. Hannah ...

A British woman living in Jamaica said she feared she would have to "grab the kids and run" as Hurricane Melissa struck the country. Cheshire-born Michaela Menezes is sheltering with her children Luca ...

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A British woman living in Jamaica said she feared she would have to “grab the kids and run” as Hurricane Melissa struck the country. Cheshire-born Michaela Menezes is sheltering with her children Luca ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A couple from Louisville remains hunkered down in a hotel as many others in Jamaica braced for the powerful storm inside their own homes. WHAS 11 spoke with Johni Ison and Courtney ...

A Delaware County Sheriff's Office corporal who died in the line of duty will be laid to rest this weekend. An Indiana State Police investigation, now aided by the FBI, is underway as the known number ...