Texas's Gulf Coast Protection District awarded contracts for designing the "Ike Dike" hurricane defense system's gates and ...

"You kept the hurricanes away," she said during a televised cabinet meeting. "We appreciate that." Anyhow, what this season's ...

Like millions of other Jamaicans around the world, Aiesha Barrett watched Hurricane Melissa tear across the island she calls home on a TV screen. Witnessing the devastation caused by the tropical ...

Supporters say the massive project would protect the Galveston Bay area from dangerous storm surge, but it remains billions ...

Thanksgiving, and the holiday season in general, can be a sorrowful and lonely time for many, but artists in Galveston and a faith community have a ...

An aerial view of destroyed buildings following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, in Black River, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica on October 29, 2025. Hurricane Melissa bore down on the Bahamas October 29 ...

WASHINGTON, November 19, 2025 — The World Bank, in coordination with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), estimate that the physical damage to Jamaica caused by Hurricane Melissa totals US$8.8 ...

A Florida mayor wants to tax tourists to help rebuild damage from hurricanes Milton and Helene. Adrian Petrila, St. Pete Beach’s mayor, proposed tolls at the north, central, and southern access points ...

Hurricane Melissa caused at least 67 deaths, up to $4 billion in insured losses in Jamaica and tens of billions of dollars of overall damage throughout the Caribbean, authorities in the storm-ravaged ...

In the days since Hurricane Melissa ripped through the Caribbean, we’re getting a clearer understanding of both the destruction and desperation the deadly storm has caused. In Jamaica, locals are ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica earlier this week as a Category 5 storm, leaving over 70% of the island without power. The storm has resulted in the deaths of 19 ...

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