Death Toll Rises From Hurricane Melissa as Many Communities Remain Cut off
Authorities have yet to reach dozens of communities in Jamaica, raising the question of how many people really died in last week’s storm.
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Weather tracker: Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction across Caribbean
Category 5 storm is most powerful ever to strike Jamaica and has caused death and destruction in Cuba and HaitiHurricane Melissa has wreaked havoc across parts of the Caribbean in recent days, after first making landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday night as …
Hurricane Melissa death toll nears 50 as Jamaica relief efforts intensify and storm heads north
Haiti death toll reaches 30, and 19 in Jamaica, as Bermuda weathers tropical storm conditions on Thursday nightThe death toll from Hurricane Melissa has reached 49 as the storm continued to tear through the Caribbean, heading past Bermuda, and workers …
Jamaica and Haiti Tally Hurricane Victims as Melissa Slams Cuba
About 20 people, including children, died in a Haitian community and at least three bodies were found in Jamaica, officials said, as they began to assess the huge storm’s damage.
Hurricane Melissa death toll rises as storm wreaks destruction across Caribbean – as it happened
This blog is closedHurricane Melissa hits Cuba after turning Jamaica into ‘disaster area’Visual guide to Hurricane MelissaTell us if you’ve been affectedAs Cuba prepares for the storm to make landfall any minute, officials in Jamaica are preparing to a…
The U.N.’s food agency says cutbacks forced it to send fewer meals to storm zones.
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Caribbean Braces for Hurricane Melissa
A fast-developing storm was expected to bring “unprecedented” amounts of rain to several countries, meteorologists said.
Hurricane Melissa strengthens to category 5 as evacuations ordered in Jamaica’s capital
Storm could intensify further, threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in northern CaribbeanHurricane Melissa strengthened into a powerful category 5 hurricane on Monday, threatening days of catastrophic winds and rain in the northern Caribbean, whi…
Haiti’s Last President was Killed in 2021. Why Is His Case Taking So Long
Dozens of people were accused of participating in the assassination of Jovenel Moise, the Haitian president. The two trials involving his killing are flailing.
Number of Children Fleeing Violence in Haiti Soars
Haitian children face intensifying problems of crime, hunger and homelessness as the country’s humanitarian crisis shows no signs of easing, a report from a U.N. agency found.