Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled into roads Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa came ashore as a catastrophic Category 5

The hurricane weakened to a Category 3 after carving a path of destruction across Jamaica. Limited communications there have left officials with only partial reports as they seek to assess the scale of the damage.

Hurricane Melissa ripped up trees and knocked out power after making landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as one of the most powerful hurricanes on record, inundating the island nation with

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 ago.

Teams from a Middle Tennessee nonprofit are traveling to Jamaica this weekend to help the government build field hospitals after Hurricane Melissa destroyed much of the island.

Sept 3 (Reuters) - Jamaicans vote for a new government on Monday in an election that will pit the Caribbean nation's first female prime minister against a new opposition leader. Following are some key facts about Jamaica. GEOGRAPHY: Jamaica is an island in ...

The cancellation over the weekend gave festival organizer Hitchcock an idea. The pivot comes as historic Hurricane Melissa bears down on the Caribbean Island nation.

Aid begins to arrive in areas of Jamaica hardest hit by hurricane Melissa, as residents plead for help from abroad. Melissa caused at least 59 deaths and massive destruction across the Caribbean this week,