Hurricane Melissa: Jamaica’s Strongest Storm in History :tornado: Jamaica is under threat as Hurricane Melissa, now a Category 5 storm, barrels toward the island with winds of 175mph. Officials have ...

As Category 5 hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica, it is poised to be the worst storm to ever hit the Caribbean island, surpassing the damage from Hurricane Gilbert in 1988. Gilbert, which hit ...

The streets of Jamaica's capital, Kingston, were largely empty on Tuesday morning as the country prepared for the worst storm in its history to make landfall, where it is forecast to cause ...

The figures, released through the World Bank’s Global Rapid Damage Estimation (GRADE) methodology, highlight the enormous ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Hurricane Melissa has torn through Jamaica as a Category 5 storm which is the strongest level on the hurricane scale and the strongest the island has ever seen. Locals from the ...

Hurricane Melissa is now a powerful Category 5 storm. Hurricane Melissa, now a powerful Category 5 storm, is bearing down on Jamaica and is forecast to be the worst storm in the island's history.

Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica as one of the most powerful cyclones ever recorded — with the United Nations declaring the disaster “the storm of the century.” Melissa smashed into Jamaica’s ...

Hurricane Melissa has winds up to 175 miles per hour. Jamaican officials are preparing by issuing evacuation orders and preparing drainage ditches to divert rain. Senate Democrats block government ...

Hurricane Melissa is now a powerful Category 5 storm. Hurricane Melissa, now a powerful Category 5 storm, is bearing down on Jamaica and is forecast to be the worst storm in the island's history.