HURRICANE BERYL has barreled across the Caribbean over recent days, leaving in its wake billions of dollars in damage, death and devastation; together with a powerful reminder that small island developing states (SIDS) are living climate change. “...

WESTERN BUREAU: Some of Trelawny’s rural communities have taken a battering from the heavy winds and rain associated with Hurricane Beryl. Residents of Troy lamented the loss of several banana trees and other crops. “There is heavy rain and a lot...

NEW YORK: The Jamaican community in North America is being mobilised and placed on high alert to assist recovery efforts in the island in the wake of Hurricane Beryl. Jamaica felt the brunt of the weather system on Wednesday as its eye passed just...

As the outer bands of Hurricane Beryl lashed St Catherine on Wednesday, some fisherfolk at the Forum Fishing Village were cooking and having a grand time at the Rum Party HQ bar while others relaxed in makeshift cottages. Robert Williamson told The...

Jamaica has discontinued its hurricane warning as Beryl moves away from the island, leaving dozens of communities and farmlands devastated. The Met Service announced a flash-flood watch for the country. It says rising water levels will continue to...

The Meteorological Service of Jamaica says Hurricane Beryl is about to begin moving away from the island. However, it says a hurricane warning is still in effect as Beryl remains close to the southwestern tip of Jamaica. At 7 p.m. the centre of...

The Jamaica Public Service Company is reporting that more than 400,000 Jamaicans, or about 65 per cent of its customers, are without power.  Director of Corporate Communications, Winsome Callum, says remote restoration of power supply is being...

Members of the Jamaica Defence Force and the Jamaica Fire Brigade are frantically searching for 20-year-old Alrick Moncrieffe, otherwise called 'Colanji' or 'Lala', who fell in a gully and was washed away by floodwaters this...

President and Chief Executive Officer of the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ), Audley Deidrick, says an assessment will be done of conditions at the island's airports, once Hurricane Beryl has passed. He told JIS News that the assessment is...

The Manchioneal police have been temporarily relocated to the Manchioneal All-Age School in Portland after heavy rains and gusty winds caused by hurricane Beryl on Wednesday damaged the police station and flooded the compound. The station,...

A 20-year-old man, identified only as 'Lala', was washed into a gully in Havana in Arnett Gardens, St Andrew, this afternoon during rains associated with Hurricane Beryl, The Gleaner has learnt. Members of the Jamaica Fire Brigade and the...

The roof of the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston, has been damaged as Hurricane Beryl wreaks havoc with its ferocious winds and rain. Head of the Airports Authority of Jamaica, Audley Deidrick, told The Gleaner that the damage...

As Hurricane Beryl approached the shores of St Catherine on Wednesday, fisherfolk at the Forum Fishing Village were cooking and having a grand time at the Rum Pary HQ bar or relaxing in their make-shift cottages. According to those present, it...

Declaring that Jamaica has not yet seen the worst damage Hurricane Beryl could cause, Prime Minister Andrew Holness is urging citizens to continue to shelter in place. Holness, who was speaking at a press briefing at the Office of Disaster...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is reporting that 70 people from various sections of Old Harbour Bay in St Catherine have been evacuated amid the passage of Hurricane Beryl. In a post on social media platform X...

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says it is pausing efforts to restore power to areas where service has been disrupted because of the deteriorating weather conditions. "Our teams have been making every effort to restore supply to...

While eastern Jamaica is being drenched by rain and rocked by strong winds, things have been quiet in Hanover as Hurricane Beryl makes its way from east to west. Acting chief executive officer of the Hanover Municipal Corporation, Romeo Daley...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) says 488 people are in shelters across the island amid the passage of Hurricane Beryl. ODPEM's acting Director General Richard Thompson said of that figure, 109 people are...

Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie is warning Port Royal residents that the Holness administration will be scouring the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) to determine how it can impose a mandatory evacuation order on the community during...

With approximately 50 persons already at the emergency shelter at Old Harbour High School, Chairman of the St Catherine Parish Disaster Committee, Dr Kurt Waul, is urging other persons in flood-prone areas to seek shelter before...

The Meteorological Service of Jamaica (Met Service) says the eye of Hurricane Beryl is not as clearly defined as it was previously and so the system could “wobble” as it approaches the island. The centre of the category 4 storm, which...

Chairman of the Portmore City Municipality, Leon Thomas, is lamenting the lack of cooperation from residents in flood-prone communities to move to evacuate, as the powerful Hurricane Beryl approaches the island. 

With outer bands from Hurricane Beryl lashing the island with heavy rain and gusty winds, a concern is emerging that the Friendship community in Trelawny could be isolated if the roadway to neighboring Wakefield floods.

Vendors in Coronation Market in downtown Kingston are putting their faith in the structure to protect them from the life-threatening winds and storm surges expected from Hurricane Beryl. 

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has advised that all health centres have been closed for today. Staff of these facilities are to check with their parish Emergency Operations Centres to find out whether they are to be deployed elsewhere....

The Meteorlogical Service of Jamaica says the centre of Hurricane Beryl is expected to pass near or over the southern coast of the island, moving from east to west, between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. today.  Rainfall from the outer bands of the...

The Rotary Club of St Andrew North has targeted a contribution of US$32,000 (J$5,100,000) to Food For The Poor Jamaica as part of a collaborative effort to provide education and shelter for at least four families during the club’s new...

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of western Hanover have contributed nearly $5 million towards Kendal Primary School’s rehabilitation as an investment in the educational development of its youth. This follows the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF)...

WESTERN BUREAU: Schools within the Ministry of Education’s [MOE] Region 4 zone in western Jamaica are among Jamaica’s various educational institutions which will have their planned examination and graduation schedules moved up in light of the...

THERE WERE so many plusses at the first anniversary of the launch of the Alliance of Yorubas in Jamaica inside the Alfred Sangster Auditorium at the University of Technology Jamaica on Saturday, June 29. The entertainment, music and food did not...

WESTERN BUREAU: Ahead of Hurricane Beryl’s expected landfall in Jamaica today, the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) says it has moved to send home patients who do not need in-hospital care, as part of efforts to outfit its hospital...

The discomposing body of a 78-year-old woman was found with her throat slashed in her home in King Wesson, Lawrence Tavern, St Andrew on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Barbara Archer, more popularly known as 'Miss Babs'. The...

Arrangements are being made to provide accommodation for approximately 20 homeless people in Portland at the Portland Rehabilitation Center in Port Antonio ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Beryl. Mayor of Port Antonio Paul Thompson on Tuesday told...

The Banana Board is reminding banana and plantain farmers not to cut the leaves from their plants in anticipation of the oncoming hurricane. Although this practise has gained popularity, the board is imploring farmers to desist, as this can...

Businesses in Ocho Rios, St Ann today secured their establishments for the expected onslaught of Hurricane Beryl, which is projected to start impacting Jamaica Wednesday morning. Along Main Street in the resort town, workmen were seen doing last...