This past week, Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Haiti and other parts of the Caribbean Basin. It came on land this past Tuesday in western Jamaica as a Category 5 storm ...

Oct. 27 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1682, the city of Philadelphia was founded by William Penn to serve as the capital of the Pennsylvania Colony. In 1787, a New York newspaper published the ...

The volunteer group came together in late 1998 after Hurricane Mitch roared through the Gulf of Mexico and hammered Honduras. Sparked by a conversation at Nightingale Nursing, a group of nurses, ...

Hurricane Mitch is forcing tens of thousands of people to run for higher ground, and for their lives. The storm's 120-mile an hour winds are slamming Honduras, Belize, Guatemala and parts of Mexico.

Ah, October: Pumpkins, falling leaves, Halloween decorations … and hurricanes? Yes, October is still hurricane season, and there have been no shortage of destructive, deadly storms in past Octobers.