2025 • Oct 27
Jamaicans take shelter as Hurricane Melissa bears down as category 5 storm
Landfall is not expected until Tuesday but high winds have already felled trees and caused power cuts on the island
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2025 • Oct 27
Hurricane Melissa strengthens to category 4 as evacuations ordered in Jamaica’s capital
Storm could intensify further, threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in northern CaribbeanHurricane Melissa strengthened into a powerful category 4 hurricane on Sunday, threatening days...
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2025 • Oct 27
Weather tracker: Jamaica braces for its most powerful hurricane as Melissa nears category 5
Record-breaking hurricane expected to make landfall on Tuesday with 160mph winds, while New Zealand reels from storm damageThe Caribbean is
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2025 • Oct 08
Jamaica imposes local curfews after two deadly shootings rattle the island
Shootings left six people dead, including a four-year-old, and nine others injured amid suspected gang violenceAuthorities in Jamaica ...
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2025 • Aug 01
Family of Briton murdered in Jamaica seek answers over UK officials’ ‘indifference’
Delroy Walker’s relatives say they were initially told ‘your brother’s not British, or not British enough’ to receive helpThe family of a “generous and loving” British man who was murdered i...
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