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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Police are pursuing strong leads in the fatal shooting of actor and recording artiste Brian-Todd Anthony Boucher, popularly known ...
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Ghana’s president arrives in Jamaica for official state visit
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — President of the Republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, has arrived in Jamaica for his official state visit. President Mahama was...
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August 3 12:30 AM
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Nearly 50 dead after Hurricane Melissa thrashes Caribbean
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Nearly 50 dead after Hurricane Melissa thrashes Caribbean
October 31, 2025
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AFP) — Hurricane Melissa was "moving quickly away" from Bermuda early Friday after the death toll rose to nearly 50 people, of...
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Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Cuba
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Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Cuba
October 29, 2025
CUBA (AFP) - Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba early Wednesday morning after ripping a path of destruction through Jamaica, which authorities ha...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Melissa strengthens into hurricane as it takes aims at Jamaica
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#EyeOnMelissa: Melissa strengthens into hurricane as it takes aims at Jamaica
October 25, 2025
MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Melissa has intensified into a Category 1 hurricane as it charts a worryingly slow course toward Jamaica, the US Nationa...
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Haiti under hurricane watch
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Haiti under hurricane watch
October 22, 2025
MIAMI, United States (CMC)—A hurricane watch is in effect for Haiti on Wednesday as Tropical Storm Melissa moves slowly across the region, and is expe...
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Flash flooding threat as Tropical Storm Jerry makes its way across the Leeward Islands
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Flash flooding threat as Tropical Storm Jerry makes its way across the Leeward Islands
October 10, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The centre of Tropical Storm Jerry is expected to pass north of the Leeward Islands Friday morning and then move away fro...
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Several Caribbean countries placed on watch as Tropical Storm Jerry strengthens
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Several Caribbean countries placed on watch as Tropical Storm Jerry strengthens
October 8, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — A tropical storm watch has gone into effect for several Caribbean islands as Tropical Storm Jerry is forecast to become a...
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Gabrielle intensifies into a major hurricane southeast of Bermuda
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Gabrielle intensifies into a major hurricane southeast of Bermuda
September 22, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Hurricane Gabrielle on Monday intensified rapidly into a major hurricane and was located 195 miles southeast of Bermuda. ...
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Hurricane centre monitoring tropical wave with potential to develop
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Hurricane centre monitoring tropical wave with potential to develop
July 20, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a tropical wave currently moving across the Atlantic that could develop into the seaso...
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Hurricane Milton strengthens into Category 5 storm, targets Florida
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Hurricane Milton strengthens into Category 5 storm, targets Florida
October 7, 2024
TREASURE ISLAND, United States (AFP) -- Hurricane Milton exploded in strength Monday to become a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm bound for F...
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Fresh US hurricane threat on heels of deadly Helene
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Fresh US hurricane threat on heels of deadly Helene
October 6, 2024
MIAMI, United States (AFP)— Florida's governor declared a state of emergency on Saturday as forecasters warned the US state -- still reeling from dead...
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Hurricane Francine makes landfall in US state of Louisiana
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Hurricane Francine makes landfall in US state of Louisiana
September 11, 2024
HOUMA, United States (AFP)— Hurricane Francine barrelled into Louisiana Wednesday, forecasters said, warning of life-threatening flooding and storm su...
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Weather system could become tropical storm Ernesto within 48 hours— NHC
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Weather system could become tropical storm Ernesto within 48 hours— NHC
August 12, 2024
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC)— The Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) Monday warned that a disturbance located a few hundred miles away from the...
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Centre of Tropical Storm Beryl could pass 150 miles from Jamaica’s coastline but prepare for the worst — Met Service
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Centre of Tropical Storm Beryl could pass 150 miles from Jamaica’s coastline but prepare for the worst — Met Service
June 29, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Meteorological Service of Jamaica (Met Service) says that  despite projections suggesting a direct hit by Tropical Storm Beryl...
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Ghana’s president arrives in Jamaica for official state visit
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