Tens of thousands of pounds of food, water and medical supplies from South Florida arrived in Kingston, Jamaica on Monday, part of a relief effort to support communities devastated by Hurricane Melissa.
A relief flight carrying tens of thousands of pounds of medical supplies and other aid departed Miami International Airport on Monday, part of a growing effort across South Florida to assist Jamaica as the island recovers from Hurricane Melissa, a devastating Category 5 hurricane.
Days after Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica, aid groups are still struggling to reach some of the island’s hardest hit areas, including Trelawny Parish, where damage to roads and infrastructure continues to slow relief efforts.
Leniecia “Len” Ricketts and Marva Cross returned to work at a family home in Jamaica about six days after Hurricane Melissa destroyed their homes in the parishes of St. James and St. Elizabeth.
Project DYNAMO has already had multiple relief flights to Montego Bay, Jamaica, to help those affected by Hurricane Melissa, and a Local 10 News crew is joined them Monday on their latest relief trip.
As Jamaica’s airports have been reopening following Hurricane Melissa, those with Jamaican ties are making their way back to Miami.
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the safe evacuation of 28 Floridians from Jamaica following the devastation of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa.
As planes continue to land and relief supplies pour into Jamaica, airport ramp attendant Andres Brumley is working through his worry — not knowing if his family back home survived the storm.
Melissa’s 10-day run as a tropical cyclone – culminating in a catastrophic Category 5 strike on western Jamaica Tuesday – will end Friday as it transitions into a powerful non-tropical storm, clipping Atlantic Canada’s southern Avalon Peninsula tonight before heading swiftly out to sea.
Broward County Commissioner Hazelle P. Rogers held a press conference Friday to encourage residents to support relief efforts for Hurricane Melissa, which caused widespread damage in Jamaica and other Caribbean islands.
Hurricane Melissa was racing away from Bermuda early Friday after leaving a trail of destruction across Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba, where the storm killed dozens, flooded towns and left hundreds of thousands homeless.
Lancelot Radcliffe was in tears near the Sangster International Airport, which remained closed on Thursday, east of Montego Bay, Jamaica, after Hurricane Melissa.
After weakening to a Category 1 hurricane after its passage across the rugged terrain of eastern Cuba, by Wednesday afternoon Melissa was recovering over the waters around the speckled islands of the southeastern Bahamas.
Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica, was set to reopen to relief flights on Thursday, but not to commercial flights yet, so many tourists and Jamaicans were disappointed to have to turn back.
Lancelot Radcliffe was in tears near the Sangster International Airport, which remained closed on Thursday, east of Montego Bay, Jamaica, after Hurricane Melissa.
Hurricane Melissa slammed into eastern Cuba on Wednesday, leaving behind widespread flooding, power outages and heavy damage — and sparking concern among Cuban Americans in South Florida.
A drone recorded video of destruction on Wednesday in southwestern Jamaica’s St. Elizabeth parish.
As the cleanup started on Wednesday in southwest Jamaica, fallen trees and debris blocked roads in Montego Bay. Hotels and homes were damaged. Bus stops destroyed.
Hurricane Melissa, which devastated western Jamaica as one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded, briefly restrengthened between Jamaica and Cuba late Tuesday before making a second landfall shortly after 3 a.m. ET Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane about 40 miles west of Santiago de Cuba – the country’s second most populous city – in eastern Cuba.
Desmond McKenzie, Jamaica’s local government minister, said on Wednesday morning that rescuers were helping people who were trapped on roofs after Hurricane Melissa caused flooding.
Hurricane Melissa was making its way across Cuba on Wednesday as a Category 3 storm, a day after making landfall in Jamaica as one of the region’s strongest storms on record.
Hurricane Melissa’s destructive path through Jamaica has left residents and visitors in South Florida anxiously checking on loved ones back home.
From his Donna’s Caribbean Restaurant in Margate, Karl Gordon was hungry for updates from Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa made landfall at about 1 p.m. Tuesday in New Hope.
Hurricane Melissa was still passing through Jamaica on Tuesday afternoon when videos started to show its destructive force.
The Miami Heat, along with the Micky & Madeleine Arison Family Foundation and Carnival Corporation, announced a $1 million donation to Direct Relief to help recovery efforts in Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa.
Category 5 Hurricane Melissa set a collision course early Tuesday with Jamaica and made landfall at New Hope, Jamaica, on the island country’s southwest coast at peak strength around noontime local on Tuesday.
Hurricane Melissa turned tourists’ relaxing Caribbean getaway into a nightmare where the sound of the wind reminded them of scary “ghost stories” on Tuesday in Jamaica.
The hospitality industry, a cornerstone of the Jamaican economy, braced for Category 5 Hurricane Melissa’s powerful hit.
Local 10 News reporter Aaron Maybin is in Montego Bay, Jamaica, where Hurricane Melissa made landfall Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm.
Hurricane Melissa intensified Tuesday before making landfall in Jamaica, where officials and residents braced for catastrophic winds, flash flooding and landslides from the Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history.
Miramar and Lauderhill officials announced efforts to help Jamaicans who are preparing to deal with Hurricane Melissa’s fury.
Food For The Poor, a Christian nonprofit organization based in Coconut Creek, was accepting donations on Monday for Jamaicans dealing with Hurricane Melissa.
Adrian Lee is among the volunteers with connections to Jamaica who were hard at work at the Global Empowerment Mission’s headquarters on Monday in Doral ahead of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa’s hit.
Hurricane Melissa is now a massive Category 5 storm as it nears Jamaica, where it will bring life-threatening storm surge.
People in Jamaica are being told to seek shelter as Hurricane Melissa nears.
Residents and visitors across Jamaica are bracing for Tropical Storm Melissa, which is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane, bringing heavy rain, strong winds, and the threat of flooding and landslides.
here were hundreds of art exhibits this week in Miami-Dade County. A little activists’ haven with a garden in Opa-locka opened one with a purpose featuring Jamaican artists.
Tropical Storm Rafael formed on Monday in the Caribbean – the 17th named storm of the busy 2024 Atlantic hurricane season – and is on track to impact the Cayman Islands on Tuesday and parts of western Cuba on Wednesday as a hurricane.
Jamaica’s largest patty franchise, Juici Patties, has made its way to South Florida, offering a taste of the island’s iconic flavors to the local community.
The Global Empowerment Mission in Doral continues its mission Thursday in spearheading a relief effort in response to Hurricane Beryl’s devastating impact on parts of the Caribbean.
As Hurricane Beryl continues to pummel Jamaica, residents and those with ties to the island are feeling the storm’s impact.
As Hurricane Beryl powers towards Jamaica, many of its residents are evacuating and undertaking major preparations.
A Jamaican-American man who travels to the Caribbean island nation regularly vanished nearly two weeks ago in Kingston.
A Florida Division of Emergency Management flight from Haiti landed early Sunday morning at Orlando International Airport with 21 Floridians rescued from the crisis. Hundreds more want to leave.
Did you know cricket is the second most-watched sport in the world after soccer? This means big bucks for Broward County, one of the U.S. hosts of the T20 World Cup next year.
A massive earthquake measuring 7.3 magnitude was centered between the island nations of Cuba and Jamaica on Tuesday. The effects were felt as far away as Miami.
