Flight engineers, pilots, scientists and others flew multiple harrowing missions into Melissa without pay. They wanted to do far more.

The Category 5 storm, which left a trail of destruction across the Caribbean, stunned forecasters and meteorologists, achieving extreme rapid intensification as well as a never-before-recorded wind speed near the ocean surface.

After spending the past three years traveling through Africa, Nikki Z has returned home to Jamaica in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa — one of the most devastating storms to hit the island in recent years.

Hurricane Melissa was a monster storm in every way, and now researchers are confident that climate change made it even stronger. Our warming world helped boost everything from Melissa’s winds to rain.

Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has revealed that 5,661 kilogrammes of food have been condemned by public health authorities following the passage of Hurricane Melissa on October 28.

Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica, much of the island nation remained without power, according to The New York Times.

Officials in Jamaica say that Hurricane Melissa ripped the roofs off 120,000 structures when it struck last week, affecting some 90,000 families in the island’s western region

Major reinsurance firms are guiding to triple digit millions of Euros in losses from recent major hurricane Melissa, as these global giants demonstrate