The world is still learning the extent of the destruction, but relief organizations are already mobilizing to help across the northern Caribbean.

South Florida was spared a direct blow from Hurricane Melissa, but the massive storm still hit home for the millions of residents there who have deep roots in the Caribbean. Now, the Caribbean diaspora from Miami to New York City is turning its heartbreak into action: filling warehouses with emergency supplies to send to

Hurricane Melissa passed through Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica. Bodies lay on the street after a police raid in Rio de Janeiro. In the world of sports, the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix took place in Mexico

The storm left widespread destruction and at least dozens of deaths in its path. In Chicago, people are looking for ways to help.

The hurricane that tore through the Caribbean this week broke records, rapidly intensifying and surprising some meteorologists.

Parts of the Caribbean began surveying the damage caused by the deadly Hurricane Melissa, which made landfall in Jamaica as a powerful Category 5.