Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa

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Twenty-six dead in Haiti, Jamaica in Hurricane Melissa aftermath, storm now making landfall in Cuba
At least 26 people have been killed in Haiti and Jamaica as a result of Hurricane Melissa, which made landfall in Cuba on Wednesday. In Haiti, 25 people died, according to officials, The Associated Press reported. Jamaica has one confirmed death thus far.

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Jamaica Prepared a Financial Fortress for Disaster. Hurricane Melissa Will Test It.
UK to charter flights to help Brits leave Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa death toll tops 60; 'apocalyptic' Caribbean damage. Updates.
Communities across the Caribbean on Nov. 1 were continuing to pick up the pieces left by the devastating and deadly former Hurricane Melissa, which walloped Jamaica as one of the strongest hurricanes ...

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Revisiting The Category 6 Conversation After Hurricane Melissa
Post-Tropical Cyclone Melissa latest spaghetti models, Florida forecast, path, for Friday
Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa 4 Times More Likely, Study Suggests
According to the new attribution study from Imperial College London, climate change ramped up Melissa’s wind speeds by 7 percent, which increased damages by 12 percent.

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Melissa leaves 50 dead, toll expected to rise in Jamaica, Haiti
Death toll climbs to 50 in the Caribbean as remnants of Hurricane Melissa weaken

First charter flight for Britons leaving Jamaica to take off on Saturday

The Foreign Office confirmed the flight would leave Kingston’s Norman Manley International Airport carrying Britons unable to fly home commercially.

Aid efforts struggle to bring relief to parts of hurricane-stricken Jamaica

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 island. Essential relief supplies are now rolling into hurricane-stricken St.

'Jamaica will rise up together after hurricane'

Stafford Geohagen, a Brixton restaurateur, is one of many Londoners with family in Jamaica waiting for updates from their loved ones in the wake of Hurricane Melissa.

Evacuation not an option for 3 Virginia couples in Jamaica

A Category 5 hurricane is bearing down on Jamaica, and three Virginia couples are stuck there, unable to fly home ahead of the storm.

Hurricane Melissa slams into Cuba as a dangerous Category 3 after devastating Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane around 1 p.m. ET yesterday as the strongest hurricane in the island's history. The storm made landfall on Cuba this morning as an "extremely dangerous" Category 3 hurricane,

Hurricane Melissa Deals Another Heavy Blow to Jamaica's Farmers and Fishers

Hurricane Melissa is blamed for at least 19 deaths in Jamaica, bringing catastrophic winds up to 185 mph (298 kph) and storm surge that wrecked homes and public infrastructure. While official damage assessments are still underway,

Despair spreads across historic seaport in Jamaica that Hurricane Melissa demolished

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in southwest Jamaica this week near the coastal town of Black River, which the government has described as “ground zero.”
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