CNN, TVJ, JAMAICAN NATIONAL WORKS AGENCY VIA X, MATEO AVALLE PIBER, HOVEN CAMPBELL By CNN Meteorologists Taylor Ward, Briana Waxman, Mary Gilbert, Elise

Tropical Storm Melissa is inching closer to Jamaica and is expected to impact the island as early as Thursday. &nb

CNN, TVJ, COURTESY MATEO AVALLE PIBER, HURRICANE HUNTERS, WPLG By CNN meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce, Briana Waxman and CNN’s Sana Noor Haq, Billy Stockwell, Zoe Sottile, Charlotte Reck and Christian Edwards (CNN) – Hurricane Melissa now has sustained winds of 180 mph,

Hurricane Melissa has hit Cuba after leaving a trail of destruction in Jamaica, though the full extent of its impact remains unclear. Watch and follow live below.

A hurricane warning remains in effect for Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa has further strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane.&n

PORT-AU-PRINCE/KINGSTON/HAVANA (Reuters) -Hurricane Melissa smashed through the northern Caribbean and was seen picking up speed as it churned across open ocean towards Bermuda on Thursday, leaving a trail of high winds and destruction from Jamaica to Cuba and Haiti in its wake.

Jamaican officials reported four deaths as a result of Hurricane Melissa on Wednesday (October 29), which made landfall a day earlier as the strongest hurricane on record to directly hit the island. Drone footage from Lacovia in St.

Our correspondent in Jamaica reports floods, mudslides, roofs being ripped from buildings, and "palm trees tossed like toothpicks".