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Hurricane

National Hurricane Center updates forecast products ahead of season

  • May 5

Chicago-area groups organizing help for hurricane survivors in Jamaica

  • Nov 15, 2025
Michelle Saldeba, Ignite the Fire Ministry

Father, daughter headed to Jamaica mission trip killed in plane crash

  • Nov 11, 2025

Woman, stranded in Jamaica without critical meds, returns home

  • Nov 2, 2025

Disney donates $1 Million for Hurricane Melissa relief in Jamaica

  • Oct 31, 2025

Disastrous images emerge from Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa

  • Oct 30, 2025

Rich Twp. employee stranded in Jamaica without life-saving medication

  • Oct 30, 2025

Hurricane hunters tossed by turbulence while entering eye of Melissa

  • Oct 30, 2025

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2026 Atlantic hurricane season will see below average tropical activity, NOAA says

  • May 21
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Chicago-area groups organizing help for hurricane survivors in Jamaica

  • Nov 15, 2025
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Woman, stranded in Jamaica without critical meds, returns home

  • Nov 2, 2025
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Local businesses accepting donations for Jamaicans after hurricane

  • Oct 29, 2025
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Hurricane Melissa leaves dozens dead in trail of destruction

  • Oct 29, 2025
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Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Cuba

  • Oct 29, 2025
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Chicagoans stranded in Jamaica as Cat. 5 Melissa brings floods, winds

  • Oct 29, 2025
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Local couple stranded in Jamaica; Cat. 5 Melissa brings floods, winds

  • Oct 28, 2025

Latest Stories

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Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba pick up the pieces after Melissa's destruction

People across the northern Caribbean were digging out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa on Thursday as deaths from the catastrophic storm climbed.

  • Oct 30, 2025

Travelers from Chicago area waiting to leave Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa tears through

One couple from Romeoville has been trying to get home from Jamaica for more than a week now. They checked in with the ABC7 I-Team after a historic hurricane tore through the island.

  • Oct 29, 2025
AP Photo/Matias Delacroix

Hurricane Melissa leaves dozens dead in trail of destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa is grinding across eastern Cuba as a Category 2 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record.

  • Oct 29, 2025

Melissa ties with 2 other storms for strongest hurricane to make landfall in Atlantic

Hurricane Melissa became one of the most powerful hurricanes on record to make landfall in the Atlantic Basin.

  • Oct 29, 2025

Hurricane Melissa slams Jamaica: How to help

As Jamaica works to recover after hurricane Melissa, here are ways to help the island nation.

  • Oct 29, 2025