Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings, and boulders tumbled onto roads Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa pummeled the Caribbean island as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record.

After battering Jamaica on October 28 and leaving hundreds of thousands there without electricity, Hurricane Melissa touched down in Cuba. According to President Miguel Díaz-Canel, more than 700,000 people have been evacuated to safer areas as the hurricane approached, and a "state of alert" was declared in six eastern provinces.

Hurricane Melissa slammed into Cuba early on Wednesday, hours after causing devastation in neighboring Jamaica as the strongest-ever storm on record to hit that Caribbean island nation.Melissa hit...

After ravaging Jamaica most of Tuesday, Hurricane Melissa made its second landfall Wednesday in Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane. The National Hurricane Center said Melissa came ashore in Santiago de Cuba with 120 mph winds, marking the strongest storm to make landfall in Cuba since Hurricane Irma in 2017. It was expected to bring up to 20 inches of flooding rain, high winds and up to 12 feet of storm surge. The death and damage toll in Jamaica remains uncertain but reports in the Miami Herald are that 77% of the island is without power and some coastal communities near the landfall spot have been reduced to rubble. Video posted by Jamaica’s Constabulary Force in Black River, near where the eye came ashore, show snarled and downed power lines, piles of debris and many buildings completely collapsed — all on a street still covered in water. Other clips show a shredded ceiling and water pouring into the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, the popular tourism destination and where the eye re-emerged over…

GENEVA | Xinhua | The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday that Hurricane Melissa, the strongest tropical cyclone this year anywhere in the world, is expected to cause the worst storm impact of this century on Jamaica. The hurricane, a Category 5 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale, made landfall on Tuesday on Jamaica’s southwestern …

Hurricane Melissa is grinding across eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record.

Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm with top winds of 185mph, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record.

HAVANA | TASS | Hurricane Melissa, which earlier formed in the Atlantic Ocean, has weakened to Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale and is gradually moving from Jamaica towards Cuba, the US National Hurricane Center said. As of 11:00 p.m. Moscow time on Tuesday (8:00 p.m. GMT), Melissa is ranked as a Category 4 hurricane …

Hurricane Melissa has caused severe flooding and storm surge in Cuba after leaving Jamaica with power outages and killing 25 people in Haiti.

Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie has confirmed that four persons have died in St Elizabeth as a result of the heavy winds and rain that battered the parish and the rest of the country during Hurricane Melissa...

Melissa made landfall Tuesday in Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm with top winds of 185 mph, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, before weakening and moving on to Cuba.

The bodies of at least three persons have been found in Black River, St Elizabeth, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa. This was confirmed by head of the St Elizabeth police, Superintendent Coleridge Minto, who said cops are now at the...

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has declared Jamaica a 'disaster area', as the country reels from widespread infrastructural damage and catastrophic flooding caused by the passage of Hurricane Melissa across the island. Tuesday's decision...

While a tropical storm warning has been discontinued for Jamaica, the country's government warned of the potential for "further flash flooding and additional landslides" through Wednesday night. 

This special report covers two major events: President Draupadi Murmu's historic sortie in a Rafale fighter jet and the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa on Jamaica. A World Meteorological Organization specialist said about the hurricane, 'For Jamaica, it will be the storm of the century for sure'. President Murmu, the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces, flew from Ambala Air Force Station, marking her second flight in a combat aircraft after a sortie in a Sukhoi-30 MKI in 2023. Meanwhile, Hurricane Melissa made landfall in southwestern Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, one of the strongest in the nation's recorded history, with winds up to 298 km/h. The storm has caused widespread power outages, flooding, and significant infrastructure damage, prompting Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness to declare the island a "disaster area".

Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie says the Government has not received reports of any Hurricane Melissa-related deaths. “We are not in a position to speak about any deaths because we have not had any reports of any deaths so far,”...

All of St Elizabeth is “under water” as Hurricane Melissa continues to pound Jamaica, leaving widespread flooding and damage across several parishes, Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie says. Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday...