Hurricane

Largest Israeli humanitarian mission since October 7 heads to Jamaica

Aid provided by the six organizations includes a wide range of help, from providing food and water to maintaining educational centers for children unable to attend school.

A JDC emergency team, working with the local Jewish community to reach isolated regions and deliver food, water, hygiene kits, and tarps to protect homes for more than 10,000 survivors.
A man walks near debris, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, in Black River, Jamaica, November 2, 2025.

Netanyahu orders Israel to dispatch aid to hurricane-torn Jamaica

 Chabad Jamaica delivering aid after hurricane Melissa ravages area, November 2, 2025.

Jamaica's Chabad center survives hurricane Melissa, as Rabbi Raskin plans recovery, aid efforts

A man wearing a protective suit cycles on a street, as Hurricane Melissa approaches, in Kingston, Jamaica, October 27, 2025.

Hurricane Melissa leaves 49 dead in Caribbean, churns north


Reeling from Hurricane Fiona, Puerto Rican Jews prepare for a post-storm Rosh Hashanah — again

Puerto Rican Jews to celebrate Rosh Hashanah after hurricane Fiona hit the Island.

 Jeff Berezdivin, left, and Diego Mandelbaum, right, of San Juan's Congregation Shaare Zedek distribute pallets of bottled water to flooded residents of Loiza devastated by Hurricane Fiona.

Yale scientists predict expansion of hurricanes due to climate change - study

The study found that hurricanes and typhoons could migrate to more populated areas as the planet warms due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.

 A satellite image shows Hurricane Ida in the Gulf of Mexico and approaching the coast of Louisiana, US, August 29, 2021.

Typhoon Rai weakens after pummeling central Philippines

Disaster officials could not yet give a complete damage assessment but were not expecting major devastation based on initial data gathered.

 Philippine Coast Guard personnel rescue residents after being inundated by floods caused by Typhoon Rai in Cagayan De Oro City, Philippines, December 16, 2021.

Seven more killed in Oman following tropical storm Shaheen

Tropical Cyclone Shaheen was downgraded to a tropical storm after it made landfall in Oman, but authorities in Gulf states urged caution, expecting heavy winds and flooding.

Strong waves hit the shore as Cyclone Shaheen makes landfall in Muscat Oman, October 2, 2021.

Hurricane Olaf brings strong winds, rain to Mexico's Baja California

Hurricane Olaf made landfall at the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California peninsula with heavy rains and over 100 mph winds battering the area.

 Men board up a store with plywood ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Olaf in Cabo San Lucas, in Baja California Sur state, Mexico September 9, 2021.

At least 44 dead as Ida floods New York-area homes, subways

Hurricane Ida has killed at least 44 people in multiple states, and caused widespread damage and flooding

 The Shell Norco manufacturing facility is flooded after Hurricane Ida pummeled Norco, Louisiana, U.S., Aug. 30, 2021.

In Hurricane Ida's wake: Jews of New Orleans prepare for High Holy Days

After being scattered by hurricane Ida, with winds stronger than Katrina’s in 2005, the Jews of New Orleans prepare for the High Holy Days.

A NINE-PANEL sculpture by Israeli artist Yaacov Agam stands near the entrance of the Holocaust Memorial in New Orleans.

Evacuees urged not to return home after Hurricane Ida ravages Louisiana

With electricity, water, and hospitals still out of commission, evacuees who fled the powerful Gulf storm were told not to return home yet.

 Dartanian Stovall looks at the house that collapsed with him inside during the height of Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., August 30, 2021.

Hurricane Ida destroys Jewish family’s home where Louis Armstrong stayed

The family bought Armstrong’s first trumpet, with the repayment being Armstrong would ride on the wagon for a year and blow the whistle. The famed jazz musician was reputed to wear a Magen David.

 A satellite image shows Hurricane Ida in the Gulf of Mexico and approaching the coast of Louisiana, US, August 29, 2021.

Ida knocks out power to nearly all of Louisiana, more deaths feared

“We, New Orleanians, are resilient,” New Orleans Federation CEO tells ‘Post’. “We have been through this before and we will come out of this in a positive way.”

 A satellite image shows Hurricane Ida in the Gulf of Mexico and approaching the coast of Louisiana, US, August 29, 2021.