Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hurricane Melissa tore off roofs and stripped trees of their leaves, including in many parts of Jamaica hit by Hurricane Beryl a ...

Hurricane Melissa is set to trigger a $150 million Jamaica catastrophe bond designed to fund rebuilding efforts in the wake of the storm’s devastation across the island. This full trigger event means ...

This process, driven by climate change, is increasing the risk of “Category 6” tropical cyclones making landfall in densely populated areas. Reading time 2 minutes Milton. Haiyan. Patricia. These ...

When Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica late last month, it instantly became the strongest storm ever to strike the Caribbean island nation. The damage was devastating. According to the U.N., ...

Even if we can’t control the weather, we can control our response. In the midst of hurricane season, we wanted to reflect on how, when businesses and nonprofits partner together, they can have ...

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 ...

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 ...

Farah Nibbs does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...