In a state beset by sea level rise and flooding, the Blue Acres program has bought out and demolished 1,200 properties that ...

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This is what rain can do in New York City. In July, Jessica Louise Dye was on the subway when she recorded a video of a “cascading wall of water coming at us.” Scenes like these are becoming more and ...

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is coming to a close. To date, the season has produced 13 named storms and three Category 5 hurricanes. Yet, I have noticed narratives in some popular and social ...

NEW HOPE, JAMAICA - OCTOBER 28: A satellite view showed Hurricane Melissa approaching Jamaica as the sun rose near New Hope, Jamaica Oct. 28, 2025. (Photo by CSU/CIRA & NOAA/Anadolu via Getty ...

This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response and recovery. It was produced by Grist and co-published with Verite News, ...

Travel and Tourism Restrictions are in place for Jamaica and Cuba. While Hurricane Melissa passed Jamaica and the country will soon be waking up and able to assess the situation, including damages, ...

The water around Jamaica had been simmering all summer. By the time Hurricane Melissa roared ashore Tuesday, that uber-warm Caribbean Sea had helped turn it into a monster: a Category 5 storm with ...

Hurricane Melissa appeared to have tied the all-time strongest landfall on record in the Atlantic Basin as it crashed ashore in Jamaica at Category 5 intensity. Melissa made landfall around 1 p.m. EDT ...