Storm Watch

In Windsor, St Ann, where homes are still roofless and trees lie broken along the roadside, one local landmark survived the terrifying Hurricane Melissa: the famous Firewater Healing Spring.   …

Along the narrow, mud-caked lanes of Windsor Road, the sound of hammers and power saws now fills the air where Hurricane Melissa left silence and ruin.   Men climb atop …

Doctors and nurses at the Black River Hospital in St Elizabeth are recounting scenes of chaos and courage as Hurricane Melissa tore through the southern Jamaican parish earlier last week, …

Senior Superintendent Dennis Brooks has given the assurance that Jamaica’s security forces remain fully capable of maintaining law and order in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, even as officers work …

One of the most celebrated secondary schools in southern Jamaica, St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS), has been left in ruins following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, which devastated central …

Hundreds of residents in Jamaica’s southern and western parishes have been left homeless following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, which ripped through the island earlier this week leaving scenes of …

The Barbados-based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is in Jamaica helping to coordinate recovery efforts after Hurricane Melissa left widespread destruction across central and western parishes, including the southern …

Following the catastrophic passage of Hurricane Melissa through the region, early damage assessment reports paint a profoundly dire picture. Melissa’s confirmed death toll climbed to 49 on Thursday, with damage …

Farmers across St Elizabeth are counting heavy losses amounting to millions of dollars after Category 5 Hurricane Melissa tore through the parish earlier this week, flattening fields and destroying crops. …