The Jamaican authorities said they were not able to confirm the death toll from the storm yet, but expected it to rise in the coming days.

Hurricane Melissa ‘s confirmed death toll climbed to 49 on Thursday, according to official reports, after wreaking destruction across much of the northern Caribbean and picking up speed as it headed p...

Essential relief supplies are now rolling into hurricane-stricken St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland, most of which had been cut off by fallen concrete posts and trees strewn across roads.