THE Jamaica National (JN) Foundation will be aiding in urgently needed repairs to the DRB Grant Demonstration Basic School in Catherine Hall, St James. The school, which was built with seven ...

Hurricane season officially ends Nov. 30, and although forecasters originally called for an above-average season, it ended up closer to an average season and none of the five hurricanes that formed in ...

In moments when every minute counted, and every bulletin carried life-or-death significance, these global partners stood with ...

Clashes broke out between police and anti-Israel protesters in Bologna as thousands took to the streets to demonstrate ...

Participants lie on the ground holding signs that read "Stop violence against women" during a gender-based violence protest, ...

Hurricane Melissa was a devastating category 5 storm that made landfall in Jamaica as one of the strongest systems on record ...

The previous fastest wind gust recorded by a dropsonde was in 2010, when Typhoon Megi unleashed a 248 mile per hour blast ...

Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research have verified the 252 mph gust measured in the eye of Hurricane Melissa.

Jamaica, hit by a devastating hurricane last month, has joined other small island nations at the United Nations climate talks ...

Human-caused climate change boosted the destructive winds and rain unleashed by Hurricane Melissa and increased the temperatures and humidity that fueled the storm, according to an analysis released ...

Hurricane Melissa caused catastrophic damage in Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, the Bahamas, and Dominican Republic. It was a high-end Category 5 hurricane, and one of the strongest hurricanes to make landfall ...