WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is pledging that the United States will help the island nations of the Caribbean on a “humanitarian basis” as Hurricane Melissa continues to ravage the area.

“We’re watching it closely, and we’re prepared to move,” the president told reporters on Air Force One as he traveled to South Korea. “...Read more

Hurricane Melissa barreled over eastern Cuba on Wednesday morning as a powerful Category 3 storm, bringing torrential rainfall and heavy flooding to the island’s eastern provinces after making landfall near Santiago de Cuba, the second-largest city.

The hurricane’s center struck near the coastal town of Chivirico in the municipality of Guam...Read more

After ravaging Jamaica most of Tuesday, Hurricane Melissa made its second landfall around 3 a.m. in Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane.

The National Hurricane Center said Melissa came ashore in Santiago de Cuba with 120 mph winds, marking the strongest storm to make landfall in Cuba since Hurricane Irma in 2017. It’s expected to bring up to 20 ...Read more

When catastrophic Hurricane Dorian became the strongest storm ever to hit The Bahamas six years ago, submerging the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama under floodwaters, the U.S. government was among the most generous of responders.

Washington, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, deployed search-and-rescue teams, airlifted ...Read more

MIAMI — As Hurricane Melissa crept toward the St. Elizabeth parish of Jamaica, South Florida leaders gathered Tuesday morning to encourage residents to give what they can as soon as possible.

“Here we are, not waiting to hear that our help is needed,” said Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine-Cava at a press conference at the Global ...Read more

Jason Walker remembers the last time Jamaica faced a storm this powerful.

It was September 1988 when Hurricane Gilbert — a Category 5 monster — ripped across the island, flattening crops, destroying homes and cutting power for weeks. At least 45 people died and hundreds of thousands were left homeless.

Walker and his family were among the ...Read more

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa officially made landfall on Jamaica Tuesday morning as the most powerful hurricane to ever strike the island, as well as the third-strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic.

The National Hurricane Center formally declared landfall — when half the eye of a storm is over land — at 1 p.m. in the town of New...Read more

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa officially made landfall on Jamaica on Tuesday morning as the most powerful hurricane to ever strike the island, as well as the third-strongest hurricane to ever form in the Atlantic.

The National Hurricane Center formally declared landfall — when half the eye of a storm is over land — at 1 p.m. in the town of ...Read more

Hurricane Melissa remained a fearsome Category 5 storm with 175 mph winds early Tuesday morning, just hours ahead of what will be a catastrophic landfall in Jamaica.

The National Hurricane Center pleaded with Jamaicans to “remain sheltered!” as the already-deadly storm churned just offshore. One measure of Melissa’s frightening potential ...Read more

Hurricane Melissa’s rapid intensification and its projected torrential rain are highlighting the problems for emergency responders who will have to deal with crises on several Caribbean islands simultaneously in coming days, according to the Caribbean’s top disaster management expert.

After striking Jamaica, where it’s expected to make ...Read more

Hurricane Melissa, now a Category 5 monster, began its northwest turn Monday evening, churning toward Jamaica with what will likely be the most powerful winds ever recorded on the Caribbean island.

Melissa, which also is expected to dump several feet of rain, has already been blamed for a handful of deaths in Haiti and Jamaica and the toll will...Read more

There is never a good time for a catastrophic hurricane to hit. But for Junior Ebanks, a farmer on Jamaica’s southern coast, Hurricane Melissa’s timing could not be worse.

“We are just preparing to start planting again for the tourism winter season,” he said from Treasure Beach in St. Elizabeth Parish. “That’s our best growing ...Read more

Cuba is bracing for Hurricane Melissa as it heads towards Santiago de Cuba, the island’s second-largest city, threatening catastrophic damage at a time the government is already failing to provide the most basic services and thousands are sick because of the rise of mosquito-transmitted diseases and other illnesses linked to poor sanitary ...Read more

As Hurricane Melissa heads toward Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, South Florida’s Jamaican community is already organizing to help.

Several non-profits and several local municipalities have launched donation drives, accepting monetary donations, food, water, toiletries and other items that organizers expect to be necessities in the aftermath ...Read more

Hurricane Melissa, now a Category 5 monster, began its northwest turn Monday evening, churning toward Jamaica with what will likely be the most powerful winds ever recorded on the Caribbean island.

Melissa, which also is expected to dump several feet of rain, has already been blamed for a handful of deaths in Haiti and Jamaica, and the toll ...Read more

Hurricane Melissa spun into a Category 5 monster on Monday, churning toward Jamaica with what will likely be the most powerful winds ever recorded on the Caribbean island.

Melissa, which also is expected to dump several feet of rain, has already been blamed for a handful of deaths in Haiti and Jamaica and the toll will almost certainly rise. ...Read more

As Hurricane Melissa nears Jamaica, cruise trips that left from South Florida are changing their itineraries.

Category 5 Melissa is expected to make landfall Tuesday morning on the southern coast of Jamaica, according to the National Hurricane Center. Forecasts have it hitting the Bahamas and Cuba later this week.

Here’s how cruise ship ...Read more

Hurricane Melissa spun into a Category 5 monster on Monday, churning toward Jamaica with what will likely be the most powerful winds ever recorded on the Caribbean island.

Melissa, which also is expected to dump several feet of rain, has already been blamed for a handful of deaths in Haiti and Jamaica and the toll will almost certainly rise. ...Read more

Hurricane Melissa — now a deadly Category 5 storm — is winding up to strike Jamaica with what could be the strongest winds ever recorded on the Caribbean island.

As of 8 a.m. Monday morning, the National Hurricane Center found the hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 160 mph. And it forecasts the storm to strengthen even more over the ...Read more

As an island country in the Caribbean Sea, hurricanes aren’t new in Jamaica. Hurricanes hovering over the island while continuously dumping rain and blasting Category 4 or 5 winds, however, are a different brand.

Category 4 Hurricane Melissa, at 145 mph maximum sustained winds as of Sunday 5 p.m. and forecast by the U.S.’s National ...Read more