Jamaica faces massive infrastructure damage from Melissa — hospitals, roads and homes hit hard; emergency crews and the Jamaica Defense Force are delivering supplies.

France changed its rape and sexual assault laws to include that a lack of consent, ending a battle that women's rights activists have fought for years.

Insurance, bonds and savings will speed recovery from the monster hurricane, but the Caribbean nation will still need ...

A couple from Cane Bay in the Charleston area went to Jamacia on their honeymoon after their wedding, but could not leave ...

There is no infrastructure in the region that can withstand a Category 5,” Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness said ahead ...

Hurricane Melissa moves toward Bermuda after more than 30 die across Caribbean More than 30 deaths are being attributed to ...

As Hurricane Melissa approached Jamaica Oct. 27, OSV News spoke with Bishop John Persaud, who shepherds the Diocese of Mandeville and is also apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Montego Bay, ...

Rosemarie Forrest came to the United States from Jamaica 35 years ago. She’s spent the last 16 years in Detroit.

Hurricane Melissa followed what has unfortunately become a pattern for major storms: It formed late in the season, ...

Melissa sets its sights on Bermuda after its historic Category 5 landfall in Jamaica and major hurricane lashing in eastern ...

After Hurricane Beryl devastated Jamaica’s grid last year, officials at the island’s sole utility vowed to fortify it. But ...

Millions of people across Jamaica are hunkering down and praying for safety from Hurricane Melissa, which made landfall on ...