Tag: Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa leaves 25 dead in Haiti, causes widespread damage in Jamaica and Cuba
Flooding from Hurricane Melissa killed 25 people in Haiti while the storm still churned across Cuba on Wednesday after leaving Jamaica with widespread damage...
Miami Heat donate US$1 million to Melissa recovery efforts
NBA team Miami Heat have a made a donation of US$1 million to assist with recovery efforts for those impacted by Hurricane Melissa which...
Hub set to aid Jamaica
Barbados is on standby to assist Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa, one of the most powerful storms of the century, battered parts of it with...
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...