Tag: Hurricane Melissa
Barbados offers assistance to Jamaica as country pummelled by menacing Melissa
Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica yesterday, leaving a trail of destruction, particularly on the western side of the island.According to preliminary reports, Montego Bay in...
Category 5 Hurricane Melissa brings flooding and catastrophic winds to Jamaica
Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled onto roads Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa came ashore as a catastrophic Category...
Roofs torn off hospitals, former senator says
Some hospitals on the south coast of Jamaica have had their roofs torn off, former Jamaican senator Imani Duncan-Price tells BBC News."We have some...
Liberty Caribbean and Starlink to provide emergency satellite connectivity after Hurricane Melissa
Efforts are already in progress to ensure that Jamaica recovers quickly from inevitable damage following the passage of Hurricane Melissa.In a press release today, ...
Thompson warns Jamaicans to prepare for ‘catastrophic’ conditions
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Principal Director of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, Evan Thompson, issued a warning during a special press briefing on Tuesday, urging...
Jamaica braces for passage of Hurricane Melissa
Jamaica is bracing for the passage of Hurricane Melissa on Tuesday as the category 5 storm is expected to move across southeastern Cuba Wednesday...