Hurricane Melissa leaves Jamaica without electricity

Full Episode
49:09

Residents stand on the wreckage of a house destroyed by Hurricane Melissa in Santa Cruz, Jamaica, Oct. 29, 2025.

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Today in Jamaica, people are picking up the pieces after the strongest storm seen on Earth — and the strongest hurricane in Jamaica’s history — thrashed the island. Also, an attack by Israeli forces inside Gaza leaves at least a hundred Palestinians dead. And, Lithuania closes its border with Belarus for a month. Also, the Netherlands uses “harm reduction” instead of jail time to address its drug crisis. Plus, a new exhibit looks at creatures deep beneath the ocean’s surface.

Listen to today’s Music Heard on Air.

In This Episode

Jamaicans without power in wake of Hurricane Melissa
7:58
Israel strikes Gaza, killing a hundred people
4:30
Lithuania closes border with Belarus
0:27
Dutch use ‘harm reduction’ instead of jail to solve drug crisis
6:42
News you may not have seen
1:12
A new museum exhibit that highlights creatures in the deep sea
Special Coverage
10:07
‘Movement’: New York’s ‘Little Syria’ hip-hop musical
7:35
A person walking on sand dunes in a desert landscape, with vegetation scattered around. In the foreground, a blurred red sign warns of extreme heat danger.
New report details rising cost of climate change to human health
Special Coverage
6:54