3 d. ago ‘We need help’: devastated Jamaican communities still await aid after Hurricane Melissa

Ravaged communities near Montego Bay recount what last week’s category 5 storm took from them‘New reality’: Hurricane Melissa strength multiplied by climate crisis, study says‘How do you rebuild all this?’ Black River residents assess damage after Hurricane MelissaSitting outside her house in muddy slippers amid the ruins left by category 5 Hurricane Melissa that ravaged parts of Jamaica last week, Narva Maxwell Taylor recounted how she and her family had to fight for their lives when the storm sent flood waters surging through their home.“We have to give God thanks we are alive. We could be dead. But everything is gone. I don’t have anything left now,” Taylor, a resident of Catherine Hall, Montego Bay, said. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Thousands of priceless artifacts missing after storm surge ravages archaeological site dating back to 1650

Freezing temperatures and ice have settled into the region, stalling immediate efforts to find and recover more displaced artifacts

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1 week ago Thousands of priceless US artifacts missing after storm surge ravages archaeological site dating back to 1650

Freezing temperatures and ice have settled into the region, stalling immediate efforts to find and recover more displaced artifacts

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1 week ago ‘The town is devastated’: the mayor picking up the pieces at Hurricane Melissa’s ‘ground zero’

Richard Solomon, mayor of Black River, describes terror of 16ft storm surges and hours of fierce winds when storm hit, as focus now moves to aid and rescue effortsHurricane Melissa hits Cuba after turning Jamaica into ‘disaster area’ The mayor of Black River – a town that Jamaica’s prime minister called “ground zero” for Hurricane Melissa – has described the monstrous storm surges and devastation the storm has wrought on its residents.Speaking to the Guardian, Richard Solomon recounted the traumatic experience of riding out the Category 5 “storm of the century” at an emergency operating centre. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Hurricane Melissa sparks mandatory evacuation for millions as 140mph winds smash Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa is expected to bring catastrophic flooding, landslides, and storm surges to the Carribbean as it approaches Jamaica and Cuba

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1 week ago Hurricane Melissa prepares for landfall as 'catastrophic' storm set to hit major areas

Hurricane Melissa roared toward Jamaica with destructive Category 4 winds Monday and was expected to strengthen further before making landfall on the Caribbean nation with up to 30 inches (76 centimeters) of rain and a life-threatening storm surge.

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1 week ago Hurricane Melissa roars toward Jamaica as a Category 4 storm as island prepares for landfall

Hurricane Melissa is roaring toward Jamaica with destructive Category 4 winds and was expected to strengthen further before making landfall on the Caribbean nation with up to 30 inches of rain and a life-threatening storm surge

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2 w. ago Is Shell to blame for a ‘super typhoon’? Philippines survivors to sue oil giant in legal first

Typhoon Rai killed more than 400, displaced nearly 3.2 million, and destroyed more than a million homes in 2021Trixy Elle still weeps when she remembers how she and her family fought for their lives as Typhoon Rai tore across the Philippines days before Christmas four years ago. In a matter of hours, intense rain and storm surges swallowed their home on Batasan Island in Tubigon, Bohol province.Elle, her elderly parents, brother, husband and two young children linked hands as they swam against flood waters in the dead of the night, praying to survive. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Alaska man shares video of his home floating away during typhoon with him INSIDE

Steven Anaver was 'inches away from death' as the remnants of Typhoon Halong brought a record storm surge to his Kwigillingok homre in western Alaska.

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3 w. ago Mysterious ravaged city ruins linked to the Bible's Sodom and Gomorrah discovered

Excavations near the southeastern Dead Sea have unearthed ruins of several fire-ravaged cities that archaeologists claim could be the ones destroyed by God in the Bible.

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3 w. ago Bible's most sinful cities unearthed in ravaged ruins that prove their fiery demise

Excavations near the southeastern Dead Sea have unearthed ruins of several fire-ravaged cities that archaeologists claim could be the ones destroyed by God in the Bible.

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3 w. ago More than 1,500 people displaced after typhoon remnants devastate Alaska villages

At least one person was killed and two were missing after weekend storm battered two Alaska Native communitiesThe Alaskan coast was bracing for more rain and wind on Wednesday after a devastating storm decimated two small native villages, killing at least one person and and displacing more than 1,500 people.Over the weekend, the remnants of Typhoon Halong hit remote communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, in the south-western part of the state, bringing fierce winds, rain and record-breaking storm surge that caused some homes to float away. Continue reading...

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