People across the northern Caribbean are beginning to dig out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa, as deaths from the catastrophic storm climbed to at least 28 across Haiti, Jamaica
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Hurricane Melissa made landfall Tuesday in Jamaica as a fearsome Category 5 storm, bringing heavy floodwaters across the country’s southwest and catastrophic winds that tore roofs off buildings. The most powerful
Jamaica experienced several power outages under hurricane conditions before Melissa made landfall, said Daryl Vaz, Jamaica’s Minister for Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport. The electricity grid managed by Jamaica Public
Jamaicans across the island are bracing for the worst hurricane the country has seen. In Montego Bay, Glendevon Primary school is being turned into a shelter. Shelter manager Sandra Simon
Hurricane Melissa has ‘ingredients to be a catastrophic storm’, expert warns Liz Stephens, professor in climate risks and resilience at University of Reading, said: Having now intensified to Category 5,
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