This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Farah Nibbs is an assistant professor of Emergency and ...

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The Harvard Caribbean Club has raised nearly $1,500 in donations to provide aid for countries affected by Hurricane Melissa, after facing problems due to conflicts with GoFundMe’s policies about ...

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba(AP) — Melissa began affecting the southeastern Bahamas on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Authorities in the Bahamas were evacuating dozens of ...

When Category 5 Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica in late October, it left behind shattered homes, disrupted power and battered coastlines — but it also left a stark reminder for the world: Climate ...

PLANTATION, Fla. — Hundreds gathered at Volunteer Park on Sunday for the Island SPACE Rum Cake and Black Cake Festival, a celebration of Caribbean culture that doubled as a relief effort for Jamaica ...

Hurricane Melissa tore off roofs and stripped trees of their leaves, including in many parts of Jamaica hit by Hurricane Beryl a year earlier. Ricardo Makyn/AFP via Getty Images Jamaica was still ...

Headlines have been filled with talk of the catastrophic power of Hurricane Melissa after the Category 5 storm devastated communities across Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti in October 2025. But to see this as ...