2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season ends today
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season proved to be consequential, even though no hurricanes made landfall in the U.S for the first time since 2015. Three Category 5 hurricanes formed during…
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Dominican Republic authorizes more flights for tourists rerouted by Hurricane Melissa
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — The Dominican Republic has authorized the arrival of 800 new flights to accommodate a surge in tourists who were originally planning to vacation in Jamaica and…
Thousands of Cubans struggle without power and water nearly a month after Hurricane Melissa
RIO CAUTO, Cuba (AP) — Thousands of Cubans remain without power, water or proper shelter almost a month after Hurricane Melissa pummeled the island’s eastern region as one of the strongest Atlantic storms in…
Cuban scientists race against time to save fish as old as the dinosaurs
CIENAGA DE ZAPATA, Cuba (Reuters) — Buzz, buzz, slap! This mosquito-ridden lagoon deep in the Zapata Swamp, the Caribbean's largest intact wetland, is ground-zero for a humble but dedicated restoration…
Jamaica reports deadly leptospirosis outbreak after Hurricane Melissa
KINGSTON (Reuters) —Jamaica has declared an outbreak of the bacterial disease leptospirosis, suspected of causing six deaths, following the devastation from Hurricane Melissa in late October. The Category 5 hurricane slammed…
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FEMA acting chief David Richardson departs after 6 months on the job, officials say
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The acting chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency left his job Monday after just six months, according to the Department of Homeland Security, the latest…
Hurricane Melissa evacuees return to Guantánamo base
GUANTANAMO BAY — Navy families, immigration detention employees and lawyers have been streaming back to the U.S. base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to restart functions that were halted by the…
A town in southern Haiti mourns its own as it staggers from Hurricane Melissa’s blow
PETIT-GOÂVE, Haiti (AP) — Many in Petit-Goâve were asleep when La Digue river began to rise after midnight. By the time residents in the southern coastal town realized what was…
Climate change boosted Hurricane Melissa’s destructive winds and rain, analysis finds
Human-caused climate change boosted the destructive winds and rain unleashed by Hurricane Melissa and increased the temperatures and humidity that fueled the storm, according to an analysis released Thursday. Melissa was one…
Jamaica struggles to remove debris from Hurricane Melissa as communities remain cut off
KINGSTON (AP) — U.N. officials said Thursday that Hurricane Melissa flung nearly 5 million tons of debris across western Jamaica last week and warned it is preventing crews from delivering aid and…