Confirmed fatalities rise to 47 as rescue teams access villages cut off since Sunday night 109 persons still listed as missing; ODPEM…

Forty-eight hours after Hurricane Melissa made landfall at Black River, St. Elizabeth, the death toll has climbed to 38 and is expected to rise further as rescue teams push into communities that have been cut off since the storm struck in the early hours of October 27.

At least 23 confirmed dead, with officials warning toll will rise as rescuers reach isolated communities Negril beach strip swept clean; estimates…

Melissa’s eye wall makes first contact with Negril coastline at approximately 11 p.m. Sunday Storm reaches peak intensity of 140 mph just…

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall — the eye of the storm crossed the Jamaican coastline at Black River, St. Elizabeth, at approximately 2:14 AM on October 27, 2025.

Outer rain bands bring hurricane-force gusts and flash flooding to St. Thomas and Portland Shelter population surpasses 78,000 as late evacuees fill…

Melissa intensifies further to Category 4 with 130 mph winds Saturday morning Jamaica Meteorological Service issues Hurricane Warning, its highest alert level…

Melissa undergoes rapid intensification overnight, reaching Category 3 with 115 mph winds Jamaica Meteorological Service upgrades watch to Hurricane Watch for all…

In a development that has shocked forecasters, Hurricane Melissa has undergone rapid intensification and is now a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 165 mph.

Melissa strengthens to Category 1 hurricane with 80 mph sustained winds Thursday morning Jamaica Meteorological Service issues first formal Tropical Storm Watch…