Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire ...

As Hurricane Melissa gets set to hit Jamaica, thousands of Caribbean Americans are watching with worry. Florida has 300,000 residents from Jamaica, including 118 who are students studying at USF. Most ...

Wigley and Simms surpassed their goal of raising $5,000 in two days, and are hoping to start shipping essentials like rice ...

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 ...

Even though Hurricane Melissa was the most powerful recorded storm to ever hit Jamaica when it made landfall after noon on Tuesday — a Category 5 monster packing 185 mph winds — Jamaican-American Bob ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Jamaica and Greensboro sit over a thousand miles apart, but Monday night, that distance feels smaller than ever. "I don't think anybody's going to sleep tonight," said Carol ...

Although Jamaica and Greensboro are over 1,000 miles apart, with Hurricane Melissa looming, that distance feels smaller than ever to some. WFMY News 2’s Nixon Norman spoke with three people, all from ...

People from Jamaica living in Massachusetts are doing everything they can to help family members back on the island as Hurricane Melissa makes landfall as a Category 5 storm. Delroy Allen is a former ...

A man wades through a flooded street ahead of the forecasted arrival of Hurricane Melissa in Old Harbour, Jamaica, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. Jamaicans living in the Boston area are anxious for friends ...

Simone Smart remembers what it’s like to live through a hurricane. “The road becomes the river or the seas, the beach basically,” she said. “The crocodiles become part of everyday life for a moment … ...

AND THAT’S WHERE HE SAYS THEY’RE READY TO FACE THE WORST. AMEN. EVERYBODY PRAY FOR JAMAICA. BILL THACKERY FROM CONCORD HAS VISITED JAMAICA FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS. HE NOW LIVES THERE PART TIME WITH HIS ...