A smarter recovery must, therefore, prioritise Jamaican-owned cultural experiences, festivals, community entertainment, and redeployment of displaced tourism workers into culture-driven value chains.

Jamaica's recovery from Hurricane Melissa highlights its resilience, with rapid restoration efforts and tourism sector revival despite significant GDP loss.

The collapse of Jamaica’s peak tourism season after Hurricane Melissa shows how unprepared the industry remains for extreme weather. Building climate resilience is no longer optional. Hurricane ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — Hurricane Melissa is expected to make landfall in Jamaica late Monday or Tuesday, leaving metro Detroit residents with ties to the Caribbean island ...

As Hurricane Melissa is expected to make landfall in the Caribbean by Tuesday, in Chicago, staff at a South Side family-owned restaurant are checking on family members back home in Jamaica. Workers at ...

"I've never seen anything like it before. Hopefully I'll never see it again." Jamaica netballer Khadijah Williams should have been preparing for a series against England but instead she and some of ...

Hurricane Melissa has left parts of Jamaica without infrastructure or electricity, going down in history as the most powerful storm on record in the island nation. At least 40 people have died in ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled onto roads Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa came ashore as a catastrophic ...

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 ...

A minor earthquake was felt in sections of Jamaica on Wednesday morning. According to the Earthquake Unit at the University ...