Environment ❯ Climate Change ❯ Hurricanes ❯ Hurricane Melissa

Impact on Jamaica

Jamaica Triggers Full Catastrophe Bond as Hurricane Melissa’s Costs Soar Beyond Safeguards

A record Category 5 landfall left billions in losses, exposing the limits of prearranged disaster finance.

Jamaica Confirms 32 Deaths After Record Category 5 Landfall as Relief and Funding Scale Up

Death Toll Nears 50 From Hurricane Melissa as Jamaica Reels