The Latest Breaking News from Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa has caused at least 75 deaths and potentially $50bn in damage across the Caribbean

IN DEPTH: Hurricane Melissa became the strongest storm to ever hit Jamaica when it made landfall last month, destroying entire communities and ravaging the country’s economy. Aid organisations tell Alex Croft and Bryony Gooch that the rebuild will be long and painful

Famed 'typhoon hunter' Josh Morgerman has arrived in the Philippines to chase the potentially devastating Super Typhoon Uwan, just after tracking a major hurricane in Jamaica.

Editorial: The increasing ferocity and frequency of tropical storms imposes an unbearable burden on countries including Jamaica

Lati-Yana Brown’s parents, who have been saving to pay for UK visa application, say situation is now an emergency

Shaggy, the Grammy-winning reggae artist, has stepped up to help Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa

Officials in Jamaica say that Hurricane Melissa ripped the roofs off 120,000 structures when it struck last week, affecting some 90,000 families in the island’s western region

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

Airports are up and running while cruise ports eye a return to normal in mid-December.

Winds of Melissa’s strength are now five times more frequent due to the climate crisis, research says