Now, satellite images reveal in detail the areas ravaged by Melissa and, for hard-hit Black River, the scale of destruction. A Bloomberg News analysis found that at least 76% of the buildings in Black ...

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is conducting a rapid health needs assessment across several parishes in Jamaica ...

It has been 20 nights since Hurricane Melissa carved a path of unthinkable destruction through Western Jamaica on Tuesday, ...

A family in Cuba salvages belongings from the rubble of their home after it collapsed during Hurricane Melissa's passage through Santiago de Cuba on Wednesday. (Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images) After ...

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With power down, problems with communications and navigating parts of the island treacherous, the authorities in Jamaica have not yet been able to give a detailed assessment of the damage inflicted by ...

The confirmed death toll from Hurricane Melissa has reached 49, according to official reports, following widespread destruction across much of the northern Caribbean. Haitian authorities have reported ...

A first person report by Gardy Charles, an employee of Schneps Media. My fiancée and I flew into Montego Bay for a wedding, ...