Hurricane Melissa tore off roofs and stripped trees of their leaves, including in many parts of Jamaica hit by Hurricane Beryl a year earlier. Ricardo Makyn/AFP via Getty Images Jamaica was still ...

(CNN) — Rescue efforts are underway across the Caribbean after Hurricane Melissa tore through the region as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in more than 150 years. Torrential downpours and ...

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season might be winding down, but meteorologists aren't letting their guard down just yet. With warm Caribbean waters still churning and atmospheric conditions remaining ...

When Category 5 Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica in late October, it left behind shattered homes, disrupted power and battered coastlines — but it also left a stark reminder for the world: Climate ...

PETIT GOÂVE, Haiti (AP) — Amizia Renotte sat on a broken piece of concrete and pointed to a large pile of dirt where her house once stood before the outer bands of Hurricane Melissa crumpled it as the ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Farah Nibbs is an assistant professor of Emergency and ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jamaica was still recovering from Hurricane Beryl, which sideswiped the island in July ...