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The Latest Breaking News from Jamaica

King and Queen ‘deeply concerned’ by Hurricane Melissa destruction

The storm has left dozens of people dead and widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica.

Evening Standard

Shocking images show devastation Hurricane Melissa has reaped on Jamaica and Cuba

Up to 8,000 British citizens on Caribbean island as ‘storm of the century’ causes catastrophic winds and flash flooding

Evening Standard

Windrush generation recalled as UK urged to help rebuild hurricane-hit Jamaica

Trinidad-born Liberal Democrat Baroness Floella Benjamin highlighted the contribution made by the Windrush generation.

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Stranded TikToker in Jamaica Complains About Food as Hurricane Melissa Turns Deadly — Who is Jourdain?

This stranded TikToker in Jamaica complained about food, while local residents panic as category 5 Hurricane Melissa hits.

International Business Times UK

Hurricane Melissa is a warning – why violent storms are increasingly catching the world off guard

Hurricane Melissa is tearing through the Caribbean, bringing record-breaking wind and torrential rain to Jamaica – the island’s first ever category 5 landfall. What makes Melissa so alarming isn’t just its size and strength, but the speed with which it became so powerful. In a single day, it exploded from…

The Conversation

British woman living in Jamaica says Hurricane Melissa has been ‘terrifying’

A British woman living in Jamaica has told of her terror as Hurricane Melissa struck.

Evening Standard

Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba after turning Jamaica into ‘disaster area’

Most intense tropical cyclone to hit Jamaica in nearly two centuries leaves trail of devastation in its wake

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Tui flying out empty planes to rescue stranded holidaymakers from Hurricane Melissa

Exclusive: Boeing 787 jets are on their way from Birmingham and Manchester to a nearby island for quick airlift deployment

The Independent UK

UK providing £2.5m in humanitarian support to Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa

UK experts have also been deployed to the region to assist with the disaster response and recovery.

Evening Standard

Flow Jamaica Partners With Elon Musk's Starlink To Help Hurricane Melissa Victims, Offering Free Internet Until November

Flow partners with Starlink to help Hurricane Melissa victims in Jamaica. The free internet service will last until the end of November.

International Business Times UK

Category 5 storm melissa devastates Jamaica

Streets were submerged in Kingston on Tuesday after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as the most powerful storm to strike the island since records began 174 years ago.

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The Latest: Hundreds of thousands evacuate as Hurricane Melissa hits eastern Cuba

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record

The Independent UK

Towns underwater, 185mph winds and half a million without power: Hurricane Melissa’s path of destruction devastates Jamaica

STORM OF THE CENTURY: Thousands of tourists remain stranded, with airports closed after the storm battered the Caribbean island before heading to Cuba, Maryam Zakir-Hussain reports

The Independent UK

Hurricane Melissa Targets Southeast Bahamas and Bermuda After Historic Category 5 Jamaica Landfall

Hurricane Melissa devastates Jamaica with 185 mph winds as a historic Category 5 storm, before targeting Cuba, the southeast Bahamas, and Bermuda, prompting widespread evacuations and international emergency response.

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First Thing: Record-breaking Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica and heads for Cuba

Parish of St Elizabeth ‘under water’ after Jamaica’s ‘storm of the century’. Plus, Trump and Xi to meet for first time since 2019

The Conversation

Hurricane Melissa turned sharply to devastate Jamaica − how forecasters knew where it was headed

Hurricane Melissa grew into one of the most powerful Atlantic tropical cyclones in recorded history on Oct. 28, 2025, hitting western Jamaica with 185 mph sustained winds. The Category 5 hurricane blew roofs off buildings and knocked down power lines, its torrential rainfall generated mudslides and flash flooding, and its…

Evening Standard

UK ready to send humanitarian support to Jamaica in wake of hurricane – PM

As many as 8,000 British nationals are in Jamaica.

The Independent UK

Jamaica wakes up to devastation wreaked by Hurricane Melissa as death toll climbs

People in Jamaica are waking up to the devastation left by Hurricane Melissa, as Prime Minister Andrew Holness declared the entire country a “disaster area".

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The Independent UK

Roof torn off airport as Hurricane Melissa batters Jamaica

Video shows the damage done to Sangster International Airport in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa made landfall, with officials declaring the entire country a “disaster area”.

The Independent UK

Holidaymakers in Jamaica describe scenes inside emergency shelter as Hurricane Melissa wreaked havoc

Holidaymakers Wendy and Steve Shirk said they were expecting "sunshine and roses" on a family trip in Jamaica, but found themselves spending the night in a shelter, as Hurricane Melissa made landfall on the island.

The Independent UK

Hurricane Melissa tracker: Where will storm head next after devastating the Bahamas, Cuba and Jamaica?

Storm has left an ‘unprecedented catastrophe’ in its wake after killing dozens and inflicting billions in damage across the Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica

Euronews

Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Cuba, over 700,000 evacuated

More than half a million people were evacuated in Cuba, according to President Miguel Díaz-Canel, and forecasters said the Category 3 storm would unleash significant damage in Santiago de Cuba and nearby areas.

Evening Standard

Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba after devastating Jamaica with catastrophic damage in 'worst storm this century'

Cuban authorities have evacuated more than 700,000 people as Jamaica’s prime minister declares his nation a ‘disaster area’

The Guardian - AU

Hurricane Melissa death toll rises as storm wreaks destruction across Caribbean – as it happened

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Wednesday briefing: ‘Catastrophic’ reports as Jamaica reels from worst storm since records began

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