The updates sent by friends and neighbors on WhatsApp confirmed what fisher Prince Davis already feared: Hurricane Melissa put a hole in the stern of his 50-foot (15-meter) fishing boat, and damaged ...

The authorities have yet to reach dozens of areas in Jamaica, raising the question of how many people really died in last week’s storm. By Frances Robles Frances Robles reported from Black River, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Rescuers and aid workers fanned out across Jamaica on Saturday to distribute food and water and reach communities still isolated four days after Hurricane Melissa hit the ...

SEATTLE — A couple who lived in Redmond for 40 years is heading home Friday after being trapped in Jamaica for four and a half days when Hurricane Melissa became one of the most powerful storms to ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Rescuers and aid workers fanned out across Jamaica on Saturday to distribute food and water and reach communities still isolated four days after Hurricane Melissa ravaged the ...

In the ruins of Black River, which the Jamaican government has described as Hurricane Melissa's "ground zero," people are scrambling for relief. "People are hungry," said Monique Powell as she stood ...

(NEW YORK) -- Nineteen people are confirmed dead in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa tore through the island as a Category 5 hurricane this week -- and that death toll is expected to rise, officials ...

The number of deaths could still grow. The death toll from Hurricane Melissa has risen to 28 in Jamaica, the country's prime minister said in an update Saturday, days after the powerful hurricane made ...

Oct. 31 (UPI) --The death toll from Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean stood at 40 early Friday, with at least 19 killed in Jamaica which took the brunt of the Category 5 storm packing winds of 185 ...