A MASSIVE £1.2m repair job was needed on a Weymouth pier that was destroyed in the Great Storm of 1987. The storm, on the evening of October 15, 1987, hit the south of England and particularly badly.

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Hurricane Melissa intensified into a Category 5 storm Monday as it drew closer to Jamaica, where forecasters expected it to unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread ...

As Jamaica continues to rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, two giants of the UK reggae scene, Orlando Gittens and Peter Hunnigale, are leading a powerful call for compassion through culture.

Storms were first given names by the UK Met Office ten years ago to raise awareness of the dangers. Elizabeth Rizzini ...

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government said Tuesday that the death toll from Hurricane Melissa rose to 43, with 13 others still missing. Crews were still trying to reach people in the country ...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, November 3, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Global education executive and author Elaina Cohen has officially arrived in the United Kingdom to ...

A flight chartered by the UK government to evacuate British nationals from Jamaica in the wake of Hurricane Melissa has landed at Gatwick Airport. The flight, which left Kingston's Norman Manley ...

TAMPA, Fla. — After devastating Jamaica and Cuba as a powerful hurricane, Melissa is now post-tropical. As of 11 a.m. Friday, the National Hurricane Center said Melissa is now a "powerful ...

Hurricane Melissa, which was the most powerful storm of the year, will “influence” the weather in the UK as it weakens over the Atlantic, the Met Office has said. Dozens of deaths have been reported ...