Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Jersey’s Jamaican community endured a day of agonizing uncertainty for the first 24 hours after Hurricane Melissa roared ...

Hurricane Melissa is making history in Jamaica one day before the 13th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. The timing is a sobering reminder of just how vulnerable coastal communities are to the growing ...

A rapidly intensifying Hurricane Melissa is poised to deliver potentially devastating effects to Jamaica and eastern Cuba in the coming days, the National Hurricane Center said Saturday night. As of 8 ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a violent Category 5 cyclone. The hurricane had a wind speed of 185 mph when it made landfall on the island's southwestern coast on Tuesday, Oct. 28.

Hurricane Melissa left dozens dead and widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, where roofless homes, toppled utility poles and water-logged furniture dominated the landscape Wednesday.

In a decision issued last month, the state Commissioner of Education upheld a 2024 ruling by the State Board of Examiners revoking all teaching certificates held by Harry Guerriere, of Jersey City.