With more than 150,000 homes damaged, the storm inflicted billions of dollars in losses equivalent to around 32% of the country's gross domestic product. Tourism, a lifeline of the economy, was among ...

• Storm on the move: Melissa is now a Category 2 hurricane after making landfall in Cuba as a Category 3 storm, and is currently moving over the country causing severe flooding. It earlier devastated ...

Hurricane is not a new event in the Caribbean. Unfortunately, the location of the ‘rocks’ in the Caribbean Sea on which we ...

WASHINGTON — Hurricane Melissa left at least dozens dead and caused widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, where roofless homes, toppled utility poles and water-logged furniture ...

Editor's Note: For the latest news on Melissa, see the USA TODAY Network's live coverage for Wednesday, Oct. 29. Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba overnight as a Category 3 storm severely ...

Jamaica faces an $8 billion-plus price tag to repair the damage caused by Hurricane Melissa. Wind gusts hit a record-breaking ...

Fifty days after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica, authorities are assessing the damage it left behind. The UN says it could cost the country up to $15 billion.

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled onto roads Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa came ashore as a catastrophic ...

An aerial view of destroyed buildings following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, in Black River, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica on October 29, 2025. Hurricane Melissa bore down on the Bahamas October 29 ...

Communities across the Caribbean on Nov. 1 were continuing to pick up the pieces left by the devastating and deadly former Hurricane Melissa, which walloped Jamaica as one of the strongest hurricanes ...

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) — Flooding from Hurricane Melissa killed 25 people in Haiti while the storm still churned across Cuba on Wednesday after leaving Jamaica with widespread damage and power ...