It is clear that wherever the eye of the hurricane hit, there would be devastating impacts”: Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness gives an update after a monster Category 5 hurricane hit the island with violent winds and torrential rain.

Hurricane Melissa devastated much of Jamaica last month. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Elaine Bradley, whose home lost its roof, about recovery efforts in the town of Negril.

John Morrison, Public Information Officer for the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team is part of a U.S. State Department-led joint task force that's working with Jamaican Emergency Management perform search and rescue operations in the aftermath of historic Hurricane Melissa.

Bermuda residents with Jamaica connections reflected on the devastation left after Hurricane Melissa barrelled through the Caribbean island bringing flash floods, landslides and unprecedented winds.

Help is on the way as the Houston community comes together to collect food, clothing and other essentials for Jamaica, which was hit hard by Hurricane Melissa.

Members of the Fairfax County Fire Rescue Department are working with a Virginia Task Force to help cleanup efforts in Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa.

Jamaican resident and former Jamaican politician Lisa Hanna, who is stuck in Florida, joins Chris Jansing to share what she is hearing from friends and family back home about the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.

Atlanta's Jamaican community is coming together after Hurricane Melissa hit back home — with Irie Mon Café and the Jamaican Consulate hosting a donation drive and town hall this Saturday to support families in need.

When Jamilah Prince-Stewart got a call last week that her stepson studying in Jamaica needed to evacuate to Barbados, she didn’t have many details — only that it was urgent. “I didn’t have much information.

From apples to carrots to maple syrup and skiing, the food, activities, and landscape we cherish in Vermont are possible in part due to this workforce,” said Naomi Wolcott-MacCausland at the University of Vermont.

As Hurricane Melissa neared the Jamaican coast, winds in the spiraling wall of clouds around its eye gusted to almost unimaginable speeds. How fast? Faster than most tornadoes. Faster than a race car at Daytona.