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WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 7, 2025 — Following Hurricane Melissa, the Government of Jamaica will receive a full payout of $150 million under its catastrophe insurance coverage with the World Bank, backed by ...

Jamaica is determined to welcome winter holidaymakers this year. Hurricane Melissa tore through the west of the island in late October, upending communities and cutting off travel before the most ...

The scope of the historic disaster that is the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa is just starting to come into focus, a week after the record-setting storm made landfall and carved a path of immense ...

The authorities have yet to reach dozens of areas in Jamaica, raising the question of how many people really died in last week’s storm. By Frances Robles Frances Robles reported from Black River, ...

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A family in Cuba salvages belongings from the rubble of their home after it collapsed during Hurricane Melissa's passage through Santiago de Cuba on Wednesday. (Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images) After ...

Many travelers stuck in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa are having to pay a heavy price to extend their stays, with nowhere else to go. The hurricane caused widespread destruction to infrastructure, ...

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Communities across the Caribbean are reeling in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, which ripped through Jamaica, Cuba and Hispaniola, the island comprising Haiti and the Dominican Republic, this week.

As Hurricane Melissa devastated parts of Jamaica on Oct. 28 and caused additional destruction the following day in Cuba, many people around the world are wondering how they can lend a helping a hand.

The scale of the destruction left by Hurricane Melissa as it tore across Jamaica is now being revealed by the first photos taken by satellites. The eye of the storm made landfall on the southwest ...