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.

The hurricane season forecast has some good news for the Caribbean islands trying to recover from Hurricane Melissa.

A group from Nebraska and Iowa consisting a mix of doctors, nurses and builders are in the country contributing to recovery efforts.

Headlines have been filled with talk of the catastrophic power of Hurricane Melissa after the Category 5 storm devastated communities across Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti in October 2025. But to see this as a singular disaster misses the bigger picture: Melissa didn’t hit stable,

The Category 5 hurricane wreaked havoc across the Caribbean, making landfall in Jamaica before heading toward Cuba, Haiti, the Bahamas and Bermuda.

An analysis from World Weather Attribution reports human-caused climate change intensified the winds and rainfall unleashed by Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean.

Water Minister Matthew Samuda says the financial impact of Hurricane Melissa on the operations of the National Water Commissio