Hurricane Melissa was the most powerful hurricane to lash the island since record-keeping began 174 years ago.

"Seeing the videos and the photographs is one thing, but actually being there in person and seeing the damage is quite another," a local senator said. "It's heartbreaking."

The Jamaican government has begun to reach the communities most devastated by Hurricane Melissa nearly a week after the historic storm made landfall and carved a path of immense destruction across

The Union have extended their donation drive to collect items for people affected by Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean. They have also expanded the effort, now including goalkeeper Andre Blake ’s Jamaica and midfielder Danley Jean Jacques’ Haiti.

A restaurant owner in Northeast Portland is collecting food and supplies for the victims of Hurricane Melissa, which hit Jamaica last week.

The story claimed that within just 24 hours, Tyler organized a fleet of helicopters filled with generators, food, clean water and medical supplies.

LONG before prefabricated homes became a modern trend, Jamaican great-grandparents were already building houses on ‘cellars’ — raised wooden frames that could be lifted and moved when life demanded it. That tradition has all but disappeared, but a Chinese construction firm is bringing back the idea in high-tech form with modular cabin houses.