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Hurricane Melissa is set to hit Jamaica as its strongest storm since records began
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Hurricane Melissa is set to hit Jamaica as its strongest storm since records began

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa was set to pummel Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since recordkeeping began 174 years…
Posted by John McCarthy October 28, 2025
Hurricane Melissa to bring ‘catastrophic situation’ to Jamaica in storm of the century
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Hurricane Melissa to bring ‘catastrophic situation’ to Jamaica in storm of the century

KINGSTON (Reuters) — Hurricane Melissa was expected to bring catastrophe as it makes landfall in Jamaica with storm surges, flash floods and landslides in the worst storm to hit the Caribbean…
Posted by John McCarthy October 28, 2025
Melissa now a category 4 hurricane, NHC says
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Melissa now a category 4 hurricane, NHC says

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) - Hurricane Melissa has developed into a Category 4 hurricane, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said today, adding that the maximum sustained winds have increased to…
Posted by John McCarthy October 26, 2025
Melissa strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane, threatening catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti
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Melissa strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane, threatening catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a major Category 4 hurricane, with the possibility of intensifying to a Category 5 storm Sunday night, unleashing torrential rain and threatening…
Posted by John McCarthy October 26, 2025
Mostly cloudy with a couple of brief showers late morning, followed by a little rain in the afternoon, high 87
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Mostly cloudy with a couple of brief showers late morning, followed by a little rain in the afternoon, high 87

Variable conditions will persist throughout the day across the islands, the National Weather Service said. If going out, don't forget to stay hydrated and bring your umbrella. Going to the…
Posted by John McCarthy October 26, 2025
Tropical Storm Melissa stationary in the Caribbean as forecasters warn it will quickly intensify
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Tropical Storm Melissa stationary in the Caribbean as forecasters warn it will quickly intensify

SAN JUAN, (AP) — Tropical Storm Melissa was nearly stationary in the central Caribbean early Friday, with forecasters warning it could soon strengthen and brush past Jamaica as a powerful hurricane while unleashing catastrophic…
Posted by John McCarthy October 24, 2025
Tropical Storm Melissa lumbers through the Caribbean as islands take cover from rain
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Tropical Storm Melissa lumbers through the Caribbean as islands take cover from rain

SAN JUAN (AP) — Tropical Storm Melissa lumbered through the Caribbean Sea on Thursday, bringing a risk of dangerous landslides and life-threatening flooding to Jamaica and southern Hispaniola — an…
Posted by John McCarthy October 23, 2025
Crews rescue 80 miners trapped in the Dominican Republic
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Crews rescue 80 miners trapped in the Dominican Republic

SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — Crews in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday rescued 80 miners who became trapped after a mine partially collapsed. No one was injured or killed, according to the Civil…
Posted by John McCarthy October 22, 2025
NHC tracking Hurricane Humberto and watching tropical wave likely to be Tropical Storm Imelda
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NHC tracking Hurricane Humberto and watching tropical wave likely to be Tropical Storm Imelda

Hurricane Humberto, now a Category 1 storm, could become a major hurricane today or tomorrow, the National Hurricane Center said. According to an 11 a.m. ET advisory on Friday, Sept. 26, by the National…
Posted by John McCarthy September 26, 2025
Previously convicted Haiti drug trafficker sentenced to prison in U.S., fined $1M
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Previously convicted Haiti drug trafficker sentenced to prison in U.S., fined $1M

He’s a previously convicted Haiti drug trafficker with contacts in Colombia and Venezuela who operated in the shadows to move drug loads from South America to the island of Hispaniola,…
Posted by John McCarthy September 21, 2025

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