Hurricane Melissa tore a path of destruction across Jamaica after the storm made landfall on Tuesday as a Category 5 hurricane, one of the most powerful landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin.

Watch live as the government of Jamaica holds a press conference to update as Hurricane Melissa came ashore as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since recordkeeping ...

Hurricane Melissa tore a path of destruction across Jamaica. Hurricane Melissa tore a path of destruction across Jamaica after the storm made landfall on Tuesday as a Category 5 hurricane, one of the ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall near Chivirico, Cuba as a Category 3 storm early Wednesday morning. Over 700,000 residents are still in shelters after the hurricane hit the area. Melissa slammed New ...

Hurricane Melissa is passing to the northwest of Bermuda on Thursday night after killing at least 40 people in the Caribbean. Bermuda is under a Hurricane Warning as the Category 2 storm passes nearby ...

Samaritan's Purse sends 757 airlift to Jamaica in aftermath of Hurricane Melissa Samaritan's Purse sent its first relief airlift to Jamaica on Thursday in the aftermath of the disastrous Hurricane ...

In Black River, Jamaica, a town completely destroyed by Hurricane Melissa, residents say they are in desperate need of necessities like food, water and clothes. NBC ...

Editor's note: This page summarizes Hurricane Melissa news for Friday, Oct. 31. For the latest news on Hurricane Melissa, please visit USA TODAY's coverage for Saturday, Nov. 1. Communities across the ...