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Update: Fourth body found in St Elizabeth, Jamaica
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP SOURCE: Revonews- The police have confirmed that a fourth body has been found in St Elizabeth following the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Head of the St Elizabeth Police, Superintendent Coleridge Minto...
JoJo Siwa proves boyfriend Chris Hughes can't say no to her as she forces him to dance in the rain during swanky Bahamas holiday ahead of Hurricane Melissa hitting the Caribbean
JoJo Siwa proved boyfriend Chris Hughes can't say no to her as she forced him to dance in the rain during their swanky Bahamas holiday on Wednesday. The Karma hitmaker, 22, and the Love Island star, 32, enjoyed their first official holiday...
How is Jamaica? See Hurricane Melissa storm damage
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm before hitting Cuba as a Category 3. The storm caused at least one death in Jamaica and "total devastation" in western parts of the island. After hitting Cuba, the storm is now a...
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...
Raheem Sterling 'sold stunning Jamaica property' just months before deadly hurricane
Raheem Sterling was raised in Jamaica and previously owned a property on the hurricane-central island(Image: Getty Images) Raheem Sterling sold a lavish property on the south coast of Jamaica just months before a deadly storm wreaked havoc. The...
Photos: Hurricane Melissa blasts through Jamaica
Updated October 29, 2025 at 9:43 AM PDT Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica Tuesday as the strongest storm in the island's history. The Category 5 hurricane tore a path of destruction across the island, causing major flooding and power...
Videos: 7 dead, rooves blown off as unstoppable Hurricane Melissa batters Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa roared toward Cuba's second-largest city, Santiago de Cuba, late on Tuesday after carving a deadly path through Jamaica as the strongest storm ever to strike the Caribbean island nation. The US National Hurricane Center has...
Riding Out the Storm: Local couple in Jamaica for island’s largest recorded hurricane
Chetek residents Julie and Tony Espeseth, pictured above, are currently wintering in the Caribbean in Jamaica. The couple, along with the rest of the island, have finished all of their preparations, as hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 hurricane,...
Hurricane Melissa latest update: Disaster in Jamaica after world's most powerful storm hits Caribbean island, landfall in Cuba
Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa horror is limping back to the life even as downgraded Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba early on Wednesday. Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness declared the island a "disaster area" and authorities warned...
Black-Owned, White Sands: Beachfront Escapes Making Cultural Waves
The tides are shifting in travel as Black hoteliers and property management groups are reclaiming space and creating shorelines where Black travelers feel seen and celebrated worldwide. From the shimmering sands of some of Africa’s most iconic...
Tui flying out empty planes to rescue stranded holidaymakers from Hurricane Melissa
Europe’s biggest holiday company, Tui, is flying empty aircraft to the Caribbean in preparation for bringing home many hundreds of stranded holidaymakers from Jamaica. Some Tui customers were due to fly back as early as last Saturday, but a string...
Hurricane Melissa roars through Cuba
Hurricane Melissa barreled north of Cuba on Wednesday after thrashing the city of Santiago and isolating hundreds of rural communities while unleashing devastation in Jamaica and drenching Haiti, where reports surfaced of more than two dozen...
Flight canceled for North Myrtle Beach family hunkering down in Jamaica during hurricane
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - The North Myrtle Beach family taking shelter in Jamaica during a historic hurricane cannot get off the island just yet. David Watkins confirmed that his family’s Wednesday flight has been canceled, and there is no...
Jamaica braces as Hurricane Melissa strengthens into Category 4 storm
Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a major Category 4 hurricane on Sunday, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the Northern Caribbean, including Jamaica and Haiti. US forecasters warned Melissa could...
After battering Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa makes Cuba landfall
Hurricane Melissa, the strongest storm ever recorded in Jamaica, left a trail of destruction across the island before tearing into eastern Cuba on Wednesday, battering Santiago and inundating surrounding farmland. A Category 5 storm with sustained...
Hurricane Melissa strikes Jamaica, death toll expected to rise as island faces flooding and extreme winds
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Sandals pledges unwavering support as Jamaica begins recovery
Sandals Resorts International released a message today, pledging “unwavering support” as Jamaica moves to begin its recovery from the impact of Hurricane Melissa. In a message released today, Sandals Resorts International states that: “Following...
Couple's 10th anniversary trip turns to nightmare after Hurricane Melissa destroys Jamaica resort
A couple celebrating their 10th anniversary is stranded in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa destroyed their Montego Bay resort. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Virginia Beach woman says she and her husband are still stranded in Jamaica after Hurricane...
British woman living in Jamaica says Hurricane Melissa has been ‘terrifying’
A British woman living in Jamaica said she feared she would have to “grab the kids and run” as Hurricane Melissa struck the country. Cheshire-born Michaela Menezes is sheltering with her children Luca, 14, and Isabella, 10, in the R Hotel near her...
West Michigander stranded in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa devastates the island
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A travel consultant from West Michigan remains stranded in Jamaica as of Wednesday morning amid widespread damage from Hurricane Melissa. Barb Culberson, owner of B&D Travel Consultants LLC in Sturgis, said she has been...