Desmond McKenzie, deputy chairman of Jamaica’s Disaster Risk Management Council, urged people to seek shelter and stay indoors as the storm crosses the island. “Jamaica, this is not the time to be ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane -- one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin -- and is now continuing its path of destruction ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hurricane Melissa continued to wreak a punishing path of damaging winds and rain across the island of Jamaica on Tuesday, Oct. 28, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled into roads Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa came ashore as a catastrophic ...