Portfolio Minister Pearnel Charles Jr explained at a Jamaica Observer Press Club that, up to 10:00 am last Thursday, 49,635 household assessments had been completed using the electronic Jamaica ...

Tampa Bay were recently delivered to Jamaica. The large island nation is still recovering from Hurricane Melissa.

One week after Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica, the island is still struggling to recover from one of the most destructive storms in recent memory. The hurricane tore through homes, businesses, ...

Hurricane Melissa's wind gusts reached a record-breaking speed shortly before the storm made landfall in the Caribbean last month, according to data recorded during the deadly event. The data was ...

In response to the storm, Jamaican Women of Florida has ramped up support to Melody House, a house for abandoned and abused girls in Montego Bay. The area was one of the worst hit by the hurricane.

Hurricane Melissa set a new world record for the highest wind gust ever recorded at 252 mph. The storm made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane, killing at least 90 people. Melissa's path ...

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 ...

Hurricane Melissa broke a world record for the highest wind ever reported in a tropical system. Record wind gust for tropical cyclone measured by dropsonde in Hurricane Melissa. Why are we just now ...

Human-caused climate change boosted the destructive winds and rain unleashed by Hurricane Melissa and increased the temperatures and humidity that fueled the storm, according to an analysis released ...

Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett on Tuesday officially launched the Tourism Housing Assistance Recovery Programme (THARP), ...