The Latest Breaking News from Hurricane Melissa

Hours before Hurricane Melissa roared towards Cuba’s second-largest city, Santiago de Cuba, the island’s president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, announced that 735,000 people had been evacuated – one in every 15 Cubans. The storm had already smashed into Jamaica, the most powerful to ever strike the island, causing landslides, power failures and…

Ravaged communities near Montego Bay recount what last week’s category 5 storm took from them

Crews are still trying to reach more than two dozen communities that remain cut off since Melissa made landfall

One week after the category 5 ‘Storm of the Century’ first hit the Caribbean, residents have been left picking up the pieces. Olivia Ireland and Alex Croft report on the sizeable task ahead

New satellite imagery captures the complete devastation across Jamaica left in the wake of deadly Hurricane Melissa.

Tourism is Jamaica’s main source of foreign exchange earnings

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

The true death toll of Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica remains unknown as rescuers struggle to reach dozens of cut-off communities, while scientists analyse the storm's record-breaking 252-mph winds.

Jamaica was left devastated this week by Melissa, one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the island in its history.