Tag: Jamaica

Hurricane Beryl reaches record windspeed as Jamaica braces for impact

Hurricane Beryl remains on track to bring heavy rainfall, “life-threatening” winds and flooding to parts of the Caribbean this week, with forecasters warning that it could remain at least a tropical storm as it moves towards Mexico. The National Hurricane Center said in an update early Tuesday that the storm, which remains a Category 5 […]

Hurricane Beryl strengthens into Category 5 as it churns towards Jamaica

Hurricane Beryl strengthened into a Category 5 storm Monday night, intensifying after making landfall on Carriacou Island, Grenada’s second-largest island, earlier in the day. Beryl’s sustained winds have now reached 160 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center, and a hurricane warning has been issued for Jamaica later this week. Beryl is now the earliest […]

Copa America 2024: How to watch the Mexico vs. Jamaica game tonight

Santiago Gimenez and Mexico face Jamaica in their first Copa 2024 match this Saturday. (Matthew Visinsky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) The Copa America 2024 soccer — or football — tournament continues tonight with Mexico vs. Jamaica. Jamaica hasn’t beaten Mexico since the 2017 Gold cup, but Mexico did lose in two international friendlies prior to […]

Blinken to travel to Jamaica for CARICOM meeting on Haiti, US State Dept says

(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Jamaica on Monday to attend a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meeting on Haiti where a collapse in security and a humanitarian crisis in the Caribbean nation has unfolded, the State Department said. Blinken will discuss a proposal developed by CARICOM and Haitian officials to expedite […]