Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People in Jamaica have been told to evacuate as the “life-threatening” Hurricane Melissa bears down on the Caribbean island at ...

The death toll in the wake of Hurricane Melissa has climbed to at least 49, according to official reports, after the storm wreaked destruction across much of the northern Caribbean earlier this week.

So powerful is Hurricane Melissa that it has been judged the strongest storm, anywhere on the planet, so far in 2025. One forecaster described the situation as “dire”. Melissa has strengthened to a ...

Hurricane Melissa came ashore in Jamaica Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes ...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness declared the island a "disaster area" and authorities warned residents to remain sheltered over continued flooding and landslide risk, as dangerous weather persisted even ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in western Jamaica on Tuesday, local time. It has packed massive winds, weakening only slightly to 258kph and a category five storm as it crossed the coast. Reports of ...

The monster storm was still 175 kilometres away from Guantanamo late Tuesday, but “re-strengthening” to a Category 4 hurricane “as it approaches eastern Cuba,” the National Hurricane Center said in ...

Somewhat weakened but still threatening, Melissa will bring damaging winds and flooding rains to the Bahamas Wednesday before moving on to Bermuda late Thursday, according to the US National Hurricane ...

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica and is the country's worst storm on record. The storm is expected to travel to Cuba. Hurricane Melissa has caused extensive damage in some parts of ...

Kingston, Jamaica: Hurricane Melissa intensified into a Category 5 storm on Tuesday as it drew closer to Jamaica, where forecasters expect it to unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A strengthening Melissa grew into a Category 4 hurricane Sunday and U.S. forecasters said it could reach Category 5 status, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to cause ...