Disaster recovery is harder on isolated islands. The Jamaican diaspora living in the U.S., U.K., Canada and elsewhere will be invaluable in the recovery.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba overnight after battering Jamaica as one of the most powerful landfalling storms in Atlantic basin history.

After deadly Hurricane Melissa, locals are sending money and trying to contact family and friends who’ve lost power, sustained property damage and likely lost their crops for this harvest.

Melissa’s 185 mph winds rival the most intense Atlantic storms on record. The Category 5 hurricane is threatening Jamaica with a storm surge of up to 13 feet.

The last night [Monday], we had a sunset that was amazing. It was beautiful all the way across the whole horizon was bright orange, and it was great. And, you

Hurricane Melissa intensified to a Category 5 storm on Monday and continued to strengthen as it moved closer to Jamaica, where it was forecast to cause life-threatening flash flooding, landslides, and devastating damage to infrastructure. It arrived on the island’s southwestern coast around noon local time Tuesday.

John and Heather Hoffman were on an anniversary trip in Jamaica when Hurricane Melissa’s path tore through the region, and after providing an update with Local 5, the couple

Over the weekend, veterans Fritz and Shannon Toussaint were surrounded by joy in Jamaica where they attended a wedding that was attended by some 70 people. “We were so excited about this Jamaica wedding.

Of the early votes cast as of Wednesday night, about 189,000 came from New Yorkers 55 or older, Board of Elections demographics data shows.