United Cajun Navy deploys to Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa, providing relief while warning the public about fake AI-generated charity scams.

The Advocate spoke with Stone Town, 21, a Louisiana newlywed trapped at a resort on Jamaica, over a shaky phone connection Tuesday around noon. At the same time, Melissa made landfall on the south shore.

A noticeable shift in attitude has swept across Savanna-la-Mar as residents, who were once defiant about staying put in the face of Hurricane Melissa, are now hastily preparing to evacuate in anticipation of worsening weather conditions.

Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 hurricane Tuesday and make landfall as a Category 3 hurricane in Cuba Wednesday morning. It is now north of the Bahamas

Melissa was a Category 2 storm with sustained winds of 105 mph as of 7 a.m. Thursday and a hurricane warning was in effect in Bermuda. Melissa was 605 miles west of Bermuda, moving north-northeast at 21 mph. There is no threat to Louisiana or the Gulf Coast.

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Jamaica’s peak tourism season is one month away, and officials in the hurricane-ravaged nation are rushing to rebuild from the catastrophic Category 5 storm that shredded the island’s western region