Kansas newlyweds, friends stuck in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa approaches

KSHB 41 reporter Megan Abundis covers Kansas City, Missouri, including neighborhoods in the southern part of the city. Share your story idea with Megan. — A group of Kansas travelers, including newlyweds on their honeymoon, is hunkered down at a...

WINK Weather Watchers stuck in Jamaica ahead of category 5 Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa has intensified into a Category 5 hurricane as it approaches Jamaica, leaving Debbie and David Flagg, two of WINK's Weather Watchers, directly in its path. The couple traveled to Jamaica when Melissa was still a tropical storm,...

IOM formulating early response for Jamaica awaiting Hurricane Melissa

Checking shipment of relief items. Photo credit: IOM UN MigrationAhead of Hurricane Melissa’s imminent impact on Jamaica, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is actively coordinating an early response to support the nation’s efforts...

Suncoast locals with family in Jamaica concerned as Hurricane Melissa approaches

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - Jamaica is bracing for Hurricane Melissa as the Category 5 storm bears down on the island. People on the Suncoast who have family on the island are concerned about their safety. Manatee County resident Toniya...

Evacuations hit Jamaica as country braces for Category 5 Hurricane Melissa

(TNND) — The government of Jamaica issued mandatory evacuation orders for six areas on Monday afternoon as Hurricane Melissa prepares to wreak havoc on the country. As the storm barrels towards Jamaica with Category 5 status, widespread damage is...

Hurricane Melissa forces Kentucky vacationers to evacuate Caribbean

(WKYT) - Vacationers from Kentucky are being forced to evacuate Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa moves toward the island. Hurricane Melissa intensified to a category 5 storm Monday morning. It could be the strongest storm to hit the island since...

Cincinnati couple stuck in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa approaches

CINCINNATI — A Cincinnati family is bracing for impact in Jamaica as Category 5 storm Hurricane Melissa bears down on them. Charlie and Laura Moorman were vacationing at the Bahia Precipe resort with their 5-year-old daughter Navia when Hurricane...

Mass. residents stranded in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa nears

LARGEST JAMAICAN POPULATIONS IN THE STATE. DANNY AND ERICA. BECAUSE OF THAT, MANY PEOPLE HERE HAVE FAMILY STILL LIVING IN JAMAICA DESPITE BEING 1500 MILES AWAY. MANY OF THEM ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO HELP. DALTON CLARK SAYS THERE’S AN EERIE...

Jamaica braces for Hurricane Melissa as powerful storm nears island

Residents spent the day stockpiling supplies and sandbagging homes, while government officials issued urgent evacuation warnings. “This would be the worst ever,” one grocery store customer told NBC News as lines stretched through stores. At an...

Americans stranded in Jamaica plea for help as 'worst ever hurricane' to slam Caribbean island

Prayers are being sent out from the US to friends and family stranded in Jamaica, which is in the direct path of Hurricane Melissa. Worried aunt, Jamie Neimeyer, posted on X that her nephew and his bride of one week are trapped. 'We tried every...

Travel warning issued for Britons as popular holiday island orders evacuation amid warning of 'deadly' floods: ‘Communities will not survive!’

Britons have been warned against travelling to the popular holiday destination of Jamaica, as the island nation is braced for the landfall of a deadly tropical storm. Mandatory evacuation orders have been sent in Port Royal in the capital...

‘We’re witnessing satellite history’: World’s biggest storm this year could bring crisis

On Tuesday morning (AEDT), Melissa was about 230 kilometres south-west of Kingston and about 525 kilometres south-west of Cuba. The Washington Post reported that satellite intensity estimates for Melissa on Sunday jumped off the charts –...

Families in NC brace for Hurricane Melissa to hit Jamaica

As Hurricane Melissa strengthens, the storm is hitting close to home for many in the Carolinas who have ties to Jamaica. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hurricane Melissa is strengthening Monday, and for some people in the Carolinas, the severe weather threat...

Hurricane Melissa Already Deadly While Footage Inside Its Eye Has Left Experts Speechless

It will be the first hurricane that Jamaica has seen over the last decade. In fact, it is set to be the strongest storm the country has ever faced. Jamaican resorts are bracing for the impact of Hurricane Melissa, with some ordered to stay in...

Organizations Position Themselves To Help As Hurricane Melissa Barrels Toward Jamaica As A Category 5

By NAN Staff Writer News Americas, KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mon. Oct. 27, 2025: The effects of Hurricane Melissa are already being felt in Jamaica as the Category 5 storm approaches the island with catastrophic force. Waves at Kingston Harbour were...

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa nearing Jamaica

Monday, October 27th 2025 - 19:39 UTC Over 881 shelters are available in Jamaica, Minister McKenzie stressed Hurricane Melissa, a catastrophic Category 5 storm, is accelerating toward Jamaica and eastern Cuba, prompting urgent government and...

Hurricane Melissa could be strongest recorded storm to hit Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa has intensified into a category five storm while drawing closer to Jamaica, where forecasters expect it to cause catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage. At that strength, it would be the strongest hurricane to...

Hurricane Melissa nears Jamaica as hundreds of British tourists trapped in hotel

Hurricane Melissa threatened Jamaica with potentially deadly rains(Image: AFP via Getty Images) Hundreds of British tourists are reportedly under lockdown at a hotel in Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 hurricane approaches the island. Guests at...

GEM, South Florida cities to send food and supplies to Jamaica amid Melissa relief efforts

MIRAMAR, FLA. (WSVN) - As residents of Jamaica brace for Hurricane Melissa’s powerful winds, South Florida cities and organizations are getting ready to send support in the form of much-needed food and other necessities. The Category 5 storm is...

Morning Mail: Trump ‘would love’ third term, RBA chief hints at rate hold, Hurricane Melissa threatens mayhem in Jamaica

Morning everyone. In what could become a familiar will-he-won’t-he drama, Donald Trump teased the prospect of a third term as president but said he would rule out running as vice-president as a way of staying in the White House. Meanwhile the boss...