new video loaded: The Jamaican Families Torn Apart by Hurricane Melissa transcript Back transcript The Jamaican Families Torn Apart by Hurricane Melissa Days after a powerful hurricane made landfall in Jamaica, thousands of residents are now homeless and trying to make sense of how they narrowly survived. The New York Times traveled to the storm’s […]
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‘How do you rebuild all this?’ Black River residents assess damage after Hurricane Melissa | Jamaica
It is a treacherous journey to Black River, a coastal town in Jamaica’s southwestern parish of St Elizabeth, which this week bore the brunt of Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record. Uprooted trees and lamp-posts, rubble from landslides, huge potholes and miles of thick, slippery silt from severe flooding have turned […]
Hurricane Melissa death toll nears 50 as Jamaica relief efforts intensify and storm heads north | Hurricane Melissa
The death toll from Hurricane Melissa has reached 49 as the storm continued to tear through the Caribbean, heading past Bermuda, and workers in Jamaica ramped up efforts to clear roads and reach people in isolated and cut-off areas. In Haiti, the death toll has risen to 30, with another 20 missing, the civil defence […]
Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba pick up after Hurricane Melissa : NPR
An aerial view of Black River, Jamaica, on Thursday in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. Matias Delacroix/AP hide caption toggle caption Matias Delacroix/AP SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba — The rumble of large machinery, whine of chain saws and chopping of machetes echoed through communities across the northern Caribbean on Thursday as they dug out from […]
Hurricane Melissa Leaves Trail of Destruction
new video loaded: Hurricane Melissa Leaves Trail of Destruction Hurricane Melissa swept through the Caribbean, leaving at least 20 dead in Haiti and three in Jamaica as it moved toward the Bahamas. Officials are still searching for survivors in the deadly aftermath. By McKinnon de Kuyper October 29, 2025 Source link
Hurricane Melissa update; Airports during shutdown : NPR
Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories Today, Jamaica is surveying the damage left behind by Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm that made landfall yesterday. The most populous […]
Hurricane Melissa live updates: hundreds of thousands evacuated to shelters as 120mph winds hit Cuba; extensive damage in Jamaica | Hurricane Melissa
Hundreds of thousands evacuated to shelters as 120mph winds hit Cuba Hundreds of thousands of people had been evacuated to shelters in Cuba, reports the Associated Press (AP). A hurricane warning is in effect for the provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba, Guantánamo, Holguin and Las Tunas. Hurricane Melissa had top sustained winds of 120mph […]
Hurricane Melissa path: Tracking the devastating storm after landfall
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday afternoon as a Category 5 hurricane — one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin. Over the course of the day Tuesday, the storm was downgraded first to a Category 4 and then a Category 3 hurricane after landfall in Jamaica. Here is […]
‘Storm of the century’: record-breaking Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica | Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica, where sheltering residents braced themselves against ferocious winds, heavy flood waters and landslides from the category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. Videos and photographs published by local newspapers painted a devastating portrait of the impact: roads transformed into raging rivers, downed power lines […]
Forecasters Abort Flight Into the Eye of Hurricane Melissa
new video loaded: Forecasters Abort Flight Into the Eye of Hurricane Melissa A hurricane hunter aircraft, tasked with collecting weather data for NOAA, aborted its mission into the eye of Hurricane Melissa after encountering extreme turbulence. By Jiawei Wang October 28, 2025 Source link