Hurricane Melissa is set to trigger a $150 million Jamaica catastrophe bond designed to fund rebuilding efforts in the wake of the storm’s devastation across the island. This full trigger event means Jamaica catastrophe bondholders now face full payout,

The storm was making its way to the Bahamas and Bermuda Thursday morning after killing at least seven in Jamaica and 27 more across the Caribbean this week.

Jamaica is expected to be in the storm's eyewall, which refers to the band of dense clouds surrounding the eye of the hurricane. The eyewall generally produces the fiercest winds and heaviest rainfall, according to Deanna Hence, a professor of climate, meteorology and atmospheric sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Hurricane conditions could last for three days straight in some places, AccuWeather lead hurricane expert Alex DaSilva warned.

Hurricane Melissa has devastated communities across Jamaica and the Caribbean, leaving thousands in need of immediate assistance.

Hurricane Melissa brought devastation and death to the Caribbean as it tore through the region as one of the most powerful storms on earth in more than 150 years.

The Red Cross has called Hurricane Melissa a “disaster of unprecedented catastrophe,” Sky News reports. One new death was reported in Jamaica. An infant died when a tree fell on them, an administrator in the prime minister’s office told a local radio station. The storm was already blamed for seven deaths across the Caribbean.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. ( WAFF) - Huntsville is home to many from Jamaica who still have friends and family in the Caribbean. They are calling Hurricane Melissa “historic” and “unheard of” as they wait to hear from their loved ones. On Tuesday, two Huntsville residents sat down with WAFF 48’s Faith Delp.

News consumers seeking accurate updates about unfolding events are facing increasingly convincing obstacles as video generators get better and better.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in southwest Jamaica this week near the coastal town of Black River, which the government has described as “ground zero.”