The Taino people are the indigenous forebears of people from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica and the Virgin Islands.

Hurricane Melissa ripped the roof off of a building at the Savanna La Mar Public General Hospital in Jamaica as the storm raged across the island on Tuesday. The hospital is part of the Western ...

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Jamaicans and tourists, including many vacationing Canadians, are bracing for gale-force winds, catastrophic flooding and a surge in sea levels ahead of Hurricane Melissa, expected to make landfall ...

American Peter Kong and his family are hunkered down in their hotel room in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa approaches. Stocked up on food and water, Kong spoke to NBC News' Joe Fryer and Savannah ...

Gusts in higher elevations could be up to 30 percent stronger, the National Hurricane Center said. By Francesca Regalado Hurricane Melissa’s destructive winds could be significantly stronger in ...

Tourists are stranded in Jamaica after flights out were canceled by Hurricane Melissa, which made landfall Tuesday, Oct. 28. The Category 5 storm arrived packing 185-mph winds and a dangerous storm ...

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In the days leading up to Hurricane Melissa ripping through Jamaica, one zoo began preparing to secure the 1,5000 animals in their care. Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday morning ...

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Hurricane Melissa threatens to strand a Jonesboro couple in Jamaica—the same destination where a hurricane cancelled their first anniversary years ago. Maritza Caver-Blake and ...

SUPPORT FOR JAMAICA, AND 12 NEWS IS GETTING A LOOK AT SOME OF THE DAMAGE MELISSA LEFT IN ITS PATH FROM A MILWAUKEE WOMAN IN MONTEGO BAY. RIGHT NOW. THIS IS FROM THE TOP PORTION OF OUR HOTEL. ALL OF ...