Jamaica assessing damage as Hurricane Melissa takes aim at Cuba
Officials in Jamaica are starting the process of assessing the damage caused by Hurricane Melissa today after the storm ripped across the island yesterday. Words like catastrophic, devastating and apocalyptic are being used to describe the...
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Jamaica prepares for Hurricane Melissa, now a category 5 storm
The National Hurricane Center says that Hurricane Melissa, now a category 5 hurricane, is forecast to move “near or over” Jamaica Monday night (Oct. 27) and early Tuesday. NHC says that a life-threatening storm surge is likely along the...
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Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett provides Hurricane Melissa update
As Jamaica prepares for the impact of Hurricane Melissa, the island’s Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett provided an update on its preparations to its international travel trade partners. In his message, Minister Bartlett said that the...
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UPDATED: National Hurricane Center offers update on Tropical Storm Melissa’s track
In an advisory from the National Hurricane Center, the NHC says that due to Tropical Storm Melissa’s slow motion, there’s the risk of a prolonged multi-day period of potentially damaging winds, heavy rainfall resulting in life-threatening...