Hurricane Melissa surged into a powerful Category 5 storm Monday morning, Oct. 27, and is forecast to have devastating impacts on islands in the northern Caribbean with even stronger winds in elevated areas and up to 40 inches of rain in some areas,

Hurricane Melissa is bearing down on Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean as a top-level Category 5 storm, with forecasters predicting catastrophic flooding and urging residents to seek shelter im...

Jamaica’s prime minister has warned that the island’s infrastructure cannot withstand such a storm.