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8 hours ago
‘It’s really bad’: Jamaica’s St. James parish feels Hurricane Melissa’s devastating power
Lancelot Radcliffe was in tears near the Sangster International Airport, which remained closed on Thursday, east of Montego Bay, Jamaica, after Hurricane Melissa.
8 hours ago
Videos show Hurricane Melissa’s path of destruction in Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas
Videos surfaced on Thursday as evidence of Hurricane Melissa’s path of destruction in western Jamaica, southeastern Cuba, and the Bahamas.
9 hours ago
Tensions with Venezuela: Warner criticizes Trump administration for excluding Democrats from briefing
uring a news conference on Thursday, Sen. Mark Warner criticized the Trump administration for excluding Democrats from attending a briefing about the U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean.
14 hours ago
Palestinian militants hand over 2 coffins with remains of hostages to Red Cross in Gaza
Israel’s military said Thursday that Palestinian militants handed over two coffins containing the remains of dead hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza.
11 hours ago
Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay remains closed to commercial flights, open for Hurricane Melissa relief
Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica, was set to reopen to relief flights on Thursday, but not to commercial flights yet, so many tourists and Jamaicans were disappointed to have to turn back.
13 hours ago
Jamaican man in Montego Bay after Hurricane Melissa: ‘America, Jamaica needs you guys’
Lancelot Radcliffe was in tears near the Sangster International Airport, which remained closed on Thursday, east of Montego Bay, Jamaica, after Hurricane Melissa.
17 hours ago
US sought to lure Nicolás Maduro’s pilot into betraying the Venezuelan leader
The federal agent had a daring pitch for Nicolás Maduro’s chief pilot: All he had to do was surreptitiously divert the Venezuelan president’s plane to a place where U.S. authorities could nab the strongman.
14 hours ago
Melissa cuts through southeast Bahamas, expected to pass just west of Bermuda
Hurricane Melissa cut through the southeast Bahamas Wednesday and is expected to pass just west of Bermuda by late Thursday.
14 hours ago
Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas pick up the pieces after Melissa’s destruction
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 the destruction of Hurricane Melissa and assessed the damage left behind.
1 day ago
Trump and China’s Xi are meeting in South Korea to try to roll back months of trade tensions
President Donald Trump is set to meet face-to-face with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday, a chance for the leaders of the world’s two largest economies to stabilize relations after months of turmoil over trade issues.
17 hours ago
Hurricane Melissa floods areas of eastern Cuba
Hurricane Melissa made landfall as a Category 3 storm on Wednesday in eastern Cuba.
1 day ago
Aerial videos show areas Hurricane Melissa devastated in Jamaica
A drone recorded video of destruction on Wednesday in southwestern Jamaica’s St. Elizabeth parish.
1 day ago
Hurricane Melissa’s fallen trees, debris block roads in Montego Bay as damage assessment continues
As the cleanup started on Wednesday in southwest Jamaica, fallen trees and debris blocked roads in Montego Bay. Hotels and homes were damaged. Bus stops destroyed.
1 day ago
Montego Bay tourists describe riding out Hurricane Melissa in hotel: ‘The windows shattered’
Tourists in Montego Bay, Jamaica, walked out of their shelters on Wednesday morning after riding out Hurricane Melissa in their hotels.
1 day ago
Jamaican official on Hurricane Melissa’s aftermath: ‘A lot of homes have been destroyed’
Desmond McKenzie, Jamaica’s local government minister, said on Wednesday morning that rescuers were helping people who were trapped on roofs after Hurricane Melissa caused flooding.
1 day ago
What to know about Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa was making its way across Cuba on Wednesday as a Category 3 storm, a day after making landfall in Jamaica as one of the region’s strongest storms on record.
1 day ago
Hurricane Melissa leaves dozens dead in trail of destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica
Flooding from Hurricane Melissa killed 25 people in Haiti while the storm still churned across Cuba on Wednesday after leaving Jamaica with widespread damage and power outages, officials say.
2 days ago
Jamaican Americans in Margate feel heartache over Melissa’s fury
From his Donna’s Caribbean Restaurant in Margate, Karl Gordon was hungry for updates from Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa made landfall at about 1 p.m. Tuesday in New Hope.
2 days ago
Videos show Hurricane Melissa’s force as it moves through Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa was still passing through Jamaica on Tuesday afternoon when videos started to show its destructive force.
2 days ago
Tourists hunker down in Jamaican hotels during Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa turned tourists’ relaxing Caribbean getaway into a nightmare where the sound of the wind reminded them of scary “ghost stories” on Tuesday in Jamaica.
