A Christian missionary father and his daughter were killed when a small plane bound for a hurricane relief mission in Jamaica crashed in a South Florida neighborhood.
An analysis from World Weather Attribution reports human-caused climate change intensified the winds and rainfall unleashed by Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean.
Haiti’s government says that the death toll from Hurricane Melissa has risen to 43 and that 13 others are still missing.
Jamaica’s peak tourism season is one month away, and officials in the hurricane-ravaged nation are rushing to rebuild from the catastrophic Category 5 storm that shredded the island’s western region.
Mercy Chefs, a disaster relief organization, has established operations on Jamaica’s west side in St. Elizabeth, an area that had received minimal assistance until now, according to the organization’s founder and CEO Gary LeBlanc.
Florida officials successfully evacuated 28 residents from Jamaica following the devastation caused by Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Saturday.
Jacksonville’s Halloween forecast brings cool, clear skies for trick-or-treating, with extended cool temps and a Hurricane Melissa update from News4JAX’s meteorologist.
South Florida was spared a direct blow from Hurricane Melissa, but the massive storm still hit home for the millions of residents there who have deep roots in the Caribbean.
Hurricane Melissa continues to move through the Atlantic while Jacksonville prepares for a cool, dry Halloween. Latest updates from News4JAX’s meteorologist on local impacts, forecast details, and event weather.
The United States is deploying several dozen disaster relief workers, including urban search and rescue teams, to Caribbean island nations as they deal with devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa.
A Jacksonville business owner in Jamaica is providing a firsthand look at the damage caused by Hurricane Melissa.
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba near the city of Chivirico early Wednesday as a Category 3 storm after striking Jamaica on Tuesday as the strongest Category 5 to ever hit the island.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Melissa has begun affecting the southeastern Bahamas.
Hurricane Melissa, which struck Jamaica with record-tying 185 mph winds Tuesday, was a beast that stood out as extreme even in a record number of monster storms spawned over the last decade in the Atlantic Ocean.
Relief organizations are mobilizing to help across the Caribbean after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, tying for the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane in history.
Jacksonville business owner Ricky Ravelo is currently in Jamaica after being unable to leave the country.
As Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday, people with family on the island grew increasingly worried.
The storm’s core is forecast to pass over Jamaica today, cross southeastern Cuba Wednesday morning, and move across the southeastern or central Bahamas later Wednesday.
Hurricane Melissa made landfall Tuesday afternoon in southwestern Jamaica near New Hope with estimated maximum sustained winds of 185 mph.
Hurricane Melissa has made landfall on Jamaica as the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean island in the 174 years since records began.
The National Hurricane Center warns that Hurricane Melissa poses a threat of catastrophic flash flooding and landslides in Jamaica, Cuba and Hispaniola.
A series of fronts will have big implications on our weather as we head through the final week of October! These systems will not only impact our rain coverage, but will also impact the temperature and the eventual path of Hurricane Melissa.
Hurricane Melissa has intensified into a Category 5 storm as it draws closer to Jamaica, where forecasters say it will unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage.
Melissa is expected to move near or over Jamaica through Tuesday, then across southeastern Cuba Tuesday night, and the southeastern Bahamas on Wednesday.
Hurricane Melissa is sustaining Category 4 strength and may get stronger while threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica.
Hurricane Melissa has strengthened into a major Category 3 hurricane, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica.
