The Meteorological Service of Jamaica is reminding the public that the hurricane warning will not be lifted until the system moves away from the island and hurricane conditions are no longer affecting the country. Principal Director of the Meteorological Services Branch in the Ministry of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Evan Thompson, said after the hurricane warning is lifted a...

The nation’s public health system is prepared and ready for the effects of hurricane Melissa, says Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton. “There are adequate water supplies, adequate food, both for staff and patients, adequate medical supplies, and the logistics infrastructure [is in place] which involves coordination with other agencies like the Fire Brigade,” he said....

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, is urging Jamaicans to exercise discernment when consuming information at this time. “You have to be very discerning. You have to know what is good information from bad information. If you want to know where the storm is going, if you want to know what to...

Hurricane Melissa has begun shifting northwest and remains on track to make landfall in Jamaica early Tuesday morning (October 28) as a powerful Category Five cyclone. Principal Director of the Meteorological Services Branch in the Ministry of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Evan Thompson, said the hurricane is currently positioned just over 100 miles south of the island. “What we...

Residents of Trelawny and St. Ann are being urged to relocate to shelters before it is too late. Despite a broad network of emergency shelters set up at schools across both parishes in anticipation of the impact of Hurricane Melissa, occupancy levels remain low, prompting officials to issue a public plea to persons living in vulnerable areas. “We have some...

The Bamboo River drain in Morant Bay, St. Thomas, is among major channels cleared as the parish readies for Hurricane Melissa. ““I think we have done enough. There are some critical drains (in the parish) and they are cleaned like the one in Bamboo River, which is the main one,” Chief Engineering Officer at the St. Thomas Municipal Corporation, Odel...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is encouraging Jamaicans to remain positive as the nation prepares for the impact of category five hurricane Melissa. The system is expected to make landfall early Tuesday (October 28) as a powerful system bringing strong winds, heavy rainfall over the entire country, causing flooding and landslides. “Category five would be a really...