The Government last evening said it was closely monitoring Hurricane Melissa as it moves through the Caribbean Sea.In a release yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign and Caricom Affairs said the

Several containers have been loaded and are being sent to hurricane-ravaged Jamaica, from Trinidad and Tobago. It is the first shipment of supplies to be sent by this country, since the devastating hurricane Melissa. Yesterday Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar visited the Phlipdeco warehouse complex, where the loading was being conducted.

Follow live updates on Hurricane Melissa as the death toll reaches 38 people. Recovery efforts are underway in Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.

Trinidad and Tobago students at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Mona Campus in Jamaica insisted yesterday they were not notified about additional Caribbean Airlines (CAL) flights made

Melissa underwent extreme rapid intensification, strengthening to a rare Category 5 with winds of 175 mph and stronger gusts, making it the strongest storm on the planet this year. Follow for live updates.

Sea and is on a path toward Jamaica and Haiti. It is expected to bring tropical storm-strength rain and winds to multiple Caribbean Islands by Thursday or Friday and later grow into a hurricane. Hurricane watches cover southern Haiti,