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 ...

Nearly a month after the storm, the U.N. said that about 53,000 people in Cuba had been unable to return to their homes, including 7,500 living in official shelters. Castro, of the WFP, said that ...

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 ...

KINGSTON/HAVANA (Reuters) -Hurricane Melissa was packing sustained winds of up to 175 mph (282 kph) on Monday afternoon, as the slow-moving Category 5 storm was on course to barrel into Jamaica, in ...

Hurricane Melissa - one of the strongest to ever hit the Caribbean - made landfall in Jamaica on 28 October. At its peak, it sustained winds of 298 kph, resulting in dozens of deaths across the region ...

Praying for Jamaica and the Caribbean as Hurricane Melissa 2025 becomes one of the strongest hurricanes to impact the region.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) -Tropical Storm Melissa has become a hurricane and is expected to strengthen into at least Category 4 intensity, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Saturday. The ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The number of confirmed deaths from Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica rose to 45, with 15 other people missing, authorities said Tuesday. The death toll is expected to rise, ...