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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 …
Read More »Feds announce $7M for Hurricane Melissa relief in Caribbean countries
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 …
Read More »Hurricane Melissa leaves 49 dead in Caribbean, churns north
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 …
Read More »Jamaica, Cuba brace for Hurricane Melissa to make landfall today
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 …
Read More »Jamaican officials warn conditions will soon worsen as Hurricane Melissa approaches
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 …
Read More »Melissa now a Category 5 hurricane as it approaches Jamaica
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 …
Read More »Tropical storm Melissa drops torrential rain on Caribbean as it nears hurricane strength
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 …
Read More »Tropical Storm Melissa kills elderly man in Haiti as it lumbers through Caribbean
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 island shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The storm was blamed for downing a large tree that killed an elderly man in the …
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