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The number of confirmed deaths from Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica rose to 45, with 15 other people missing, authorities said Tuesday. The death toll is expected to rise, with officials still trying to reach two towns that remain cut off since the catastrophic Category 5 storm made landfall in western Jamaica on Oct. 28. CBC | World News
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2 dead after small plane on hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashes in Florida neighbourhood
A small turboprop plane on a hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashed Monday morning into a pond in a gated residential neighbourhood of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs, killing two people shortly after takeoff and narrowly missing homes, authorities and a local resident said. CBC | World News
Read More »How Jamaica took out an insurance policy for itself, and why it’s about to pay off after Hurricane Melissa
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Read More »After pummelling Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in eastern Cuba
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Read More »Jamaica, Cuba brace for Hurricane Melissa to make landfall today
Hurricane Melissa was set to pummel Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since record-keeping began 174 years ago. CBC | World News
Read More »Melissa now a Category 5 hurricane as it approaches Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength on Monday as it neared Jamaica, with up to 76 centimetres of rain and a life-threatening storm surge. CBC | World News
Read More »Jamaica braces for arrival of strengthening Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a major Category 4 hurricane, with the possibility of intensifying to a Category 5 storm on Sunday night, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. CBC | World News
Read More »My £12K Jamaica dream turned into a nightmare – we were too scared to eat
Lucy Hylton, 39, said the ‘nightmare’ two-week break at the five-star Royalton Negril in Jamaica was “horrible” and the worst part was that it was their first family holiday Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »British tourist recounts terrifying shark attack in Jamaica: ‘I thought I was going to die
Rachel Smith saw her ring finger hanging off and blood pouring from the wound after she was knocked backwards by the shark off Rose Hall beach, in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Marco Arop goes wire-to-wire, winning 800m on final day of Grand Slam Track in Jamaica
Marco Arop powered to victory in the Grand Slam Track 800-metre race at the organization’s inaugural event in Kingston, Jamaica on Sunday. CBC | Sports News
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