Residents across the eastern Caribbean awoke to a powerful earthquake just after 8:30 a.m. on October 27, 2025, as buildings ...

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O n Oct. 28, 2025 Hurricane Melissa— one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record —slammed into the west coast of Jamaica. It brought 185 mph peak winds, destroying 90% of homes in the Black ...

Emergency relief flights began landing at Jamaica’s main international airport, which reopened late Wednesday, as crews ...

Flooding from Hurricane Melissa has killed at least 25 people in Haiti and left 18 others missing as the storm tore through ...

Recovery efforts are under way across Jamaica after Melissa rips off roofs, cuts electricity and unleashes floodwaters.

USAID was the lead American agency in disaster response. Now that it's been dismantled, questions are arising about how ...

Hurricane Melissa has killed 23 people in Haiti and several more in Jamaica. It is now moving toward the Bahamas with ...

The hurricane weakened to a Category 3 after carving a path of destruction across Jamaica. Limited communications there have ...

Hurricane Melissa exploded Monday into a Category 5 monster, threatening more than 25 million people across Jamaica, Haiti ...

Stephanie Bates became focused on childhood stress after her Peace Corps experience during Haiti's 2010 earthquake.

The storm's slow movement is expected to bring a deluge of rain to multiple countries in the Caribbean, and prolong its ...