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Hunger and makeshift shelters persist in north Caribbean nearly 2 months after Hurricane Melissa
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Hunger and makeshift shelters persist in north Caribbean nearly 2 months after Hurricane Melissa

PETIT GOÂVE, Haiti (AP) — Amizia Renotte sat on a broken piece of concrete and pointed to a large pile of dirt where her house once stood before the outer…
Posted by John McCarthy December 14, 2025
Dominican Republic authorizes more flights for tourists rerouted by Hurricane Melissa
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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…
Posted by John McCarthy November 28, 2025
Thousands of Cubans struggle without power and water nearly a month after Hurricane Melissa
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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…
Posted by John McCarthy November 26, 2025
Jamaica says 6 dead from infectious disease leptospirosis after Hurricane Melissa
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Jamaica says 6 dead from infectious disease leptospirosis after Hurricane Melissa

KINGSTON — Jamaica is seeing an outbreak of leptospirosis and is urging anyone who is experiencing symptoms from the infectious disease to seek immediate medical care. A serious public health…
Posted by John McCarthy November 25, 2025
Jamaica reports deadly leptospirosis outbreak after Hurricane Melissa
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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…
Posted by John McCarthy November 23, 2025
Hurricane Melissa evacuees return to Guantánamo base
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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…
Posted by John McCarthy November 17, 2025
A town in southern Haiti mourns its own as it staggers from Hurricane Melissa’s blow
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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…
Posted by John McCarthy November 15, 2025
2 dead after small plane on hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashes in Florida neighborhood
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2 dead after small plane on hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashes in Florida neighborhood

A small turboprop plane on a hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashed Monday morning into a pond in a gated residential neighborhood of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs,…
Posted by John McCarthy November 11, 2025
Climate change boosted Hurricane Melissa’s destructive winds and rain, analysis finds
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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…
Posted by John McCarthy November 9, 2025
Jamaica struggles to remove debris from Hurricane Melissa as communities remain cut off
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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…
Posted by John McCarthy November 7, 2025

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