A group of Kansas travelers, including newlyweds on their honeymoon, are hunkered down at their resort on the north side of Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa approaches the island.

The City Council has voted to approve the Jamaica Neighborhood Plan, a massive rezoning proposal that is anticipated to create 12,000 new homes and 2 million

The scope of the historic disaster that is the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa is just starting to come into focus a week after the record-setting storm made landfall and carved a path of immense destruction across the western part of Jamaica.

As Hurricane Melissa tests Jamaica’s strength, a global network of Jamaicans rallies to rebuild — revealing what climate resilience truly looks like

The City Council approved the rezoning of 230 blocks in Jamaica, Queens, marking Adams’ fourth neighborhood rezoning

NYC approves Jamaica Queens redevelopment for 12,000 homes and 7,000 jobs as part of the "Jamaica Neighborhood Plan."

The City Council on Wednesday approved a years-in-the-making overhaul of the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx as well as a major rezoning of Jamaica that is expected to permit 11,800 new homes across 230 blocks of the southeastern Queens neighborhood.

Greater Jamaica Development Corp. and Gotham announced plans for Arras, which aims to build 400-plus affordable rental units and income-restricted condos.

A sweeping rezoning of Jamaica, Queens will fundamentally transform a 230-block area and pave the way for thousands of new homes, jobs and upgrades to local infrastructure, city lawmakers said.

Montego city was split in two by floodwaters, Mayor Vernon said. He told BBC Breakfast: "Once the wind subsided, we started to get a lot of heavy rain and that has led to massive floods right across the city. One side of the city is now cut off from the other due to roads being inundated by flood water."