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26/10/2025

https://oldharbournews.com/content/why-slow-moving-hurricanes-melissa-cause-most-devastation

Of all the threats a hurricane can unleash — razor-winged winds, a towering storm surge, torrential rains — there is one factor that often determines the scale of the disaster more than any other: speed. While Category 5 storms dominate headlines, it is the slow-moving, meandering hurricane that...

26/10/2025

https://oldharbournews.com/content/locals-flee-shelter-melissa-intensifies-category-2-hurricane

Twenty-one adults and seven children have so far checked-in in one actived shelter in southwest St Catherine, as residents from flood-prone areas moved to safety ahead of the impending passage of Hurricane Melissa.

26/10/2025

https://oldharbournews.com/content/high-speed-chase-ends-fatal-confrontation-near-gutters

A routine police patrol escalated into a deadly firefight on Friday night, leaving two men dead and a cache of illegal weapons recovered after a high-speed chase along the Old Harbour Road near Gutters.

26/10/2025

https://oldharbournews.com/content/jahdai-grays-journey-cricket-and-class

When most teenagers his age are still figuring out their next move, 16-year-old Jahdai Gray already has his eyes fixed on one goal — wearing the black, green and gold of the Jamaica Scorpions.

24/10/2025

Loving Remembrance of Sylvia Winnifred Graham-Newell It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Sylvia Winnifred Graham-Newell, late of Bois Content and 71 Darlington Drive, Old Harbour. Born in Trelawny on September 16, 1950, Graham-Newell was called to eternal rest on September 3,...

23/10/2025

The Meteorological Service of Jamaica has escalated its warnings for the island, upgrading a Tropical Storm Watch to a Tropical Storm Warning and issuing a new Hurricane Watch as Tropical Storm Melissa slowly churns through the Central Caribbean Sea.

23/10/2025

A decree has been issued by the government for all schools to immediately shift to online learning amid the looming threat of Tropical of Storm Melissa.

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20/10/2025

A significant weather disturbance brewing in the eastern Caribbean Sea has captured the full attention of meteorologists, with the National Hurricane Center (NHC) stating it is likely to develop into a tropical depression or storm within the next 48 hours.