Hurricane Melissa made landfall Tuesday in Jamaica as a fearsome Category 5 storm, bringing heavy floodwaters across the country's southwest and catastrophic winds that tore roofs off buildings. The ...

A woman looks out from inside a house on Wednesday after Hurricane Melissa made landfall, in Alligator Pond, Jamaica. (Octavio Jones/Reuters) Hurricane Melissa continues to leave catastrophic damage ...

Melissa made landfall on the island nation on Tuesday mid-day. Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, marking what is forecasted to be a devastating weather event, the ...

Editor's note: This page summarizes developments on Hurricane Melissa for Tuesday, Oct. 28. For the latest news on Hurricane Melissa, visit USA TODAY's coverage for Wednesday, Oct. 29. The center of ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Hurricane Melissa made landfall Tuesday afternoon as a Category 5 storm, tying for the strongest hurricane landfall on record in the Atlantic basin by both pressure and wind speed.

Hurricane Melissa is pummeling the Caribbean island of Cuba after it first caused devastation in Haiti and Jamaica, leading to the deaths of at least 26 people. Twenty-five of the reported deaths on ...

Hurricane Melissa has left dozens dead and widespread destruction across Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba, as it continues to threaten the Bahamas and Bermuda. The storm was bringing damaging winds, flooding ...

Roads, infrastructure and the electricity grid were battered, and over one million people, a third of the population, were directly affected by the storm the official said. By Farnaz Fassihi Farnaz ...

Hurricane Melissa pummelled Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane, and thousands of people were placed under mandatory evacuation orders. The island was bombarded by "damaging winds, catastrophic flash ...

Melissa, one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic, 175 mile per hour sustained winds with this storm system. Let me show you *** little bit about this. The hurricane hunters tried ...

Twenty-five thousand tourists rode out the storm on the island, and all are safe, according to the tourism minister. By Claire Fahy All 25,000 international visitors who remained in Jamaica while ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — 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 ...