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Cyclones like those in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Malaysia that killed 1,750 are ‘alarming new reality’The climate crisis supercharged the deadly storms that killed more than 1,750 people in A...
Dawn Butler leads calls for humanitarian visas and fee waivers for vulnerable relatives of UK nationals affected by stormBritish MPs have joined campaigners calling for more aid and humanita...
Meanwhile, the US Global Forecasting System continues to get worse. ...
Category 5 storm is most powerful to strike Jamaica and has caused death and destruction in Cuba and HaitiHurricane Melissa has wreaked havoc across parts of the Caribbean in recent days, af...
Kingston airport reopens to flights carrying aid, with some towns in Jamaica underwater and power lines down in south-westJamaica has ramped up efforts to clear roads and reach people in iso...
In today’s newsletter: Meteorologists have called it ‘a dire situation unfolding in slow motion’ – what will it leave behind?Good morning. Hurricane Melissa, the strongest storm to hit Jamai...
Warning of life-threatening flooding as storm hit Cuba after trail of destruction in Jamaica
Government says it has done all it can to prepare for strongest hurricane in country since records began
Storm reached sustained winds of 160 mph on Monday morning. ...
Climate scientists have long warned that warming oceans are making explosive storm development more common
Landfall is not expected until Tuesday but high winds have already felled trees and caused power cuts on the island
Storm could intensify further, threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in northern CaribbeanHurricane Melissa strengthened into a powerful category 4 hurricane on Sunday, threatening days...
