Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean last week, leaving a trail of devastation that has stunned communities and scientists alike. The category five storm — the strongest ever recorded to make ...

Hurricane Melissa tore off roofs and stripped trees of their leaves, including in many parts of Jamaica hit by Hurricane Beryl a year earlier. Ricardo Makyn/AFP via Getty Images Jamaica was still ...

When Category 5 Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica in late October, it left behind shattered homes, disrupted power and battered coastlines — but it also left a stark reminder for the world: Climate ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government said Tuesday that the death toll from Hurricane Melissa rose to 43, with 13 others still missing. Crews were still trying to reach people in the country ...

The Harvard Caribbean Club has raised nearly $1,500 in donations to provide aid for countries affected by Hurricane Melissa, after facing problems due to conflicts with GoFundMe’s policies about ...

MIAMI – For the first time in a decade, every single state, including the storm magnet of Florida, escaped the entire hurricane season without a direct hit from a hurricane. Meteorologists say we owe ...

PLANTATION, Fla. — Hundreds gathered at Volunteer Park on Sunday for the Island SPACE Rum Cake and Black Cake Festival, a celebration of Caribbean culture that doubled as a relief effort for Jamaica ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Farah Nibbs is an assistant professor of Emergency and ...

Headlines have been filled with talk of the catastrophic power of Hurricane Melissa after the Category 5 storm devastated communities across Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti in October 2025. But to see this as ...