The death toll from Hurricane Melissa is growing as the powerful storm moves across the Bahamas after leaving a trail of “catastrophic” destruction across Jamaica and parts of Cuba. Authorities in ...

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

• Crossing Bahamas: Melissa is now passing through the Bahamas as a Category 1 hurricane after making landfall in Cuba this morning. Cuba suffered “significant damage” from the storm and around ...

• Cuba landfall: Cuba suffered “significant damage” after Melissa made landfall there Wednesday morning as a Category 3 hurricane. Around 140,000 people are cut off by rising river levels as the storm ...

Deadly Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba overnight and was churning out to sea on Wednesday as a Category 2 storm as authorities in Jamaica began surveying the extensive damage left in its wake ...

The storm “totally destroyed” the port of Black River, the prime minister said. At least five people died in Jamaica, and the hurricane killed at least 30 in Haiti. Officials expect the toll to rise.

After savaging Jamaica as one of the most powerful hurricanes on record, swamping Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas and skirting Bermuda, Hurricane Melissa is rapidly speeding out into the Atlantic and is ...

Editor's note: This page summarizes news on Hurricane Melissa for Wednesday, Oct. 29. For the latest on Hurricane Melissa, visit USA TODAY's coverage for Thursday, Oct. 30. Hurricane Melissa weakened ...

Hurricane Melissa plowed into the island nation of Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 storm with 185 mph winds early Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 28, destroying homes, flooding parishes and leaving more than ...