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Haiti placed under hurricane watch
MIAMI, CMC – A hurricane watch is in effect for Haiti on Wednesday as Tropical Storm Melissa moves slowly across the region, bringing heavy rainfall and flooding over portions of Hispaniola and Jamaica over the remainder of this week. The...
Jamaica, Haiti brace for ‘catastrophic’ hurricane impacts
Jamaica and Haiti braced Saturday for devastating impacts from slow-moving Tropical Storm Melissa, which is forecast to rapidly develop into a major hurricane and bring “catastrophic” flooding. Three people in Haiti have already been killed this...
iciHaiti - Security : The PNH reclaims downtown Port-au-Prince
iciHaiti - Security : The PNH reclaims downtown Port-au-Prince 25/10/2025 09:52:00 On Friday, October 24, the Haitian National Police (PNH) mobilized several specialized units in a major operation against criminals and terrorists in the downtown...
HAITI-WEATHER-UN taking proactive measures as Haiti braces for passage of tropical storm Melissa
Haiti under hurricane watch
MIAMI – A hurricane watch is in effect for Haiti on Wednesday as Tropical Storm Melissa moves slowly across the region bringing heavy rainfall and flooding over portions of Hispaniola and Jamaica over the remainder of this week. The Miami-based...
Hurricane Melissa, now Category 4, threatens heavy floods in Jamaica, Haiti
Hurricane Melissa has rapidly strengthened into a major Category 4 with potentially catastrophic consequences, as it dropped torrential rain in the northern Caribbean and threatened disastrous flooding and landslides in Jamaica and southern Haiti....
Category 4 Hurricane Melissa threatens catastrophic flooding in Jamaica and Haiti
Updated October 26, 2025 at 5:40 AM CDT Hurricane Melissa has intensified into a category 4 hurricane, and could develop further to become a category 5 as it approaches Jamaica, according to the National Hurricane Center. The hurricane is likely...
Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 3, menacing Jamaica and Haiti with catastrophic flooding
Hurricane Melissa rapidly intensified into a major Category 3 storm late Saturday, bringing torrential rain and life-threatening flooding to Jamaica, Haiti and parts of the northern Caribbean Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a major Category 3...
Melissa strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane, threatening catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a major Category 4 hurricane, with the possibility of intensifying to a Category 5 storm Sunday night, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the...
Category 4 Hurricane Melissa threatens catastrophic flooding in Jamaica and Haiti
KINGSTON – Hurricane Melissa was sustaining Category 4 strength late Sunday and may get stronger while threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica. Melissa is expected to move near or over...
Hurricane Melissa, now a Category 3 storm, threatens devastating floods in Jamaica and Haiti - VIDEO
People wade through a street flooded by rains caused by Tropical Storm Melissa in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Friday, October 24, 2025 [Ricardo Hernandez/AP] Hurricane Melissa has intensified into a powerful Category 3 storm, unleashing...
Haiti’s last president was killed in 2021. Why is his case taking so long?
Dozens of people, from Colombian commandos to a former police chief to private security contractors in South Florida — even a former Haitian first lady — have been accused of participating in the 2021 plot to assassinate Jovenel Moïse, Haiti’s...
Haiti - Crisis : Former Acting President Jocelerme Privert launches a patriotic appeal
Haiti - Crisis : Former Acting President Jocelerme Privert launches a patriotic appeal 21/10/2025 11:46:21 In a briefing note, former acting President Jocelerme Privert issued a patriotic appeal, urging the political class to join forces to...
Why aid workers are struggling to reach Jamaica’s hurricane-hit areas
Rescuers and aid workers fanned out across Jamaica on Saturday to distribute food and water and reach communities still isolated four days after Hurricane Melissa hit the island. A church lies damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, in...
Melissa strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane, threatening catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti
Hurricane Melissa poses potential ‘humanitarian crisis’ for Jamaica, Haiti
Large swaths of the western Caribbean are already in the throes of, or preparing for, Hurricane Melissa, which is expected to become the strongest storm ever recorded in Jamaica. Haiti, meanwhile, has already seen three deaths since Thursday, two...
iciHaiti - Post-Melissa : Health sector review
iciHaiti - Post-Melissa : Health sector review 31/10/2025 11:10:00 Following the strong winds and torrential rains that accompanied Hurricane Melissa's passage near Haiti, which severely affected several departments of the country, Dr. Bertrand...