Collier’s landfill, east of Great Wolf Lodge and north of Picayune Strand, receives daily loads that are spread and buried.

Don't count on flushing the toilet, hurricane insurance doesn't cover water damage and other lessons learned from a calamity.

An ad hoc committee will conduct a study to document and understand the strengths and vulnerabilities of the supply chain network in areas impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria in 2017. The ...

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season concluded without any storms making landfall in Florida. Despite sparing Florida, the season included five hurricanes and caused 138 fatalities and over $10 billion ...

Hurricane Melissa was already one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean—and now scientists have confirmed a new way it neared superlative status. Newly released data show ...

Regional Advisor and Team Leader for Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery, UNDP Regional Centre for Latin America and the Caribbean The Caribbean and Central American regions have a long history of ...

The Category 5 storm, which left a trail of destruction across the Caribbean, stunned forecasters and meteorologists, achieving extreme rapid intensification as well as a never-before-recorded wind ...

Hurricane Melissa pulled away from Cuba on Wednesday morning, leaving a trail of devastation that stretched through Cuba’s second most populous region and Jamaica, where it was the strongest storm to ...

Hurricane Melissa roared ashore in Jamaica Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, unleashing 185 mph winds, blinding rain and torrents of floodwater that rushed through cities and neighborhoods.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in southern Jamaica on Tuesday. The U.S. Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the "Hurricane Hunters," encountered heavier than normal ...

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 ...