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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. A small turboprop plane on a hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashed Monday morning into a pond in a gated residential neighbourhood of the Fort Lauderdale suburb …

Millions of people across the Caribbean are trying to deal with the devastating effects of Hurricane Melissa, which tore through the region this week. Like so many storms of late, Melissa underwent a rapid intensification, defined as when a storm’s maximum sustained wind speed increases by 51 km/h over 24 …

The MP overseeing Canada’s foreign aid announced $7 million in humanitarian relief for Caribbean states hit by Hurricane Melissa on Thursday. Randeep Sarai, secretary of state for international development, says $5 million will go to life-saving help through emergency response agencies and health providers. The other $2 million will go …

Hurricane Melissa’s confirmed death toll climbed to 49 on Thursday, according to official reports, after wreaking destruction across much of the northern Caribbean and picking up speed as it headed past Bermuda in the North Atlantic. Authorities in Haiti, which was not directly hit but nevertheless suffered days of torrential rains …

Hurricane Melissa was set to pummel Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since record-keeping began 174 years ago. The storm was expected to slice diagonally across the island, entering near St. Elizabeth Parish in the south and exiting around St. Ann …

Where will Melissa hit the hardest? Hurricane Melissa is about to make landfall in Jamaica, with some areas likely to be more affected than others. Its central parishes (provinces) will be most at risk for rainfall, with that risk extending into the west as well, according to Evan Thompson, principal …

Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength on Monday as it neared Jamaica, with up to 76 centimetres of rain and a life-threatening storm surge. Melissa is forecast to make landfall on the island on Tuesday, and cross Cuba and the Bahamas through Wednesday. Melissa was centred about 220 kilometres …

Tropical storm Melissa neared hurricane strength Saturday and was expected to rapidly intensify this weekend, as forecasters warned of massive rainfall and life-threatening flooding and landslides in the northern Caribbean. An astounding 89 centimetres of rain was anticipated in southwest Haiti. The erratic and slow-moving storm has killed at least …

Israel said it would ramp up airstrikes on Gaza on Monday in a “mighty hurricane,” to serve as a last warning to Hamas that it will destroy the enclave unless fighters accept a demand from U.S. President Donald Trump to free all hostages and surrender. Residents said Israeli forces bombed Gaza City from the …

Hurricane Erin will bring some wind and strong waves to the Atlantic region over the next few days, but will likely be too far offshore to bring rain to the region. As of Tuesday morning, Erin was a Category 3 hurricane, and is set to curve northward over the next few days. CBC …