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BLOOMFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) — After Hurricane Melissa brought destructive winds and rains to the island of Jamaica, local community members are stepping up to help. The Duncaster Retirement Community in ...

Hurricane Melissa tore off roofs and stripped trees of their leaves, including in many parts of Jamaica hit by Hurricane Beryl a year earlier. Ricardo Makyn/AFP via Getty Images Jamaica was still ...

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This week, Hurricane Melissa—described as a "disaster of unprecedented catastrophe" by the Red Cross—devastated multiple countries, including Haiti, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba. The full ...

GOLDSBORO, N.C. (WITN) - State Auditor Dave Boliek revealed his office’s independent assessment of the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency. The audit details systemic failures in the ...

Before Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica and Haiti on Tuesday (Oct. 28), faith-based disaster relief groups were already making plans to respond. Melissa, a Category 5 storm, has already ...

Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne exacted a heavy toll upon Florida and other locales in the 2004 hurricane season, resulting in dozens of deaths and billions of dollars in property damage ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Farah Nibbs is an assistant professor of Emergency and ...

Headlines have been filled with talk of the catastrophic power of Hurricane Melissa after the Category 5 storm devastated communities across Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti in October 2025. But to see this as ...