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		<title>NOAA Maintains Forecast for Below-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/08/07/880635.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 06:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Nearly halfway through the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, NOAA&#8217;s prediction of below-normal activity in the Atlantic basin remains unchanged. Today, forecasters from NOAA&#8217;s National Weather Service updated the number of expected named storms to 7-13 (with winds of 39 mph &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why El Niño&#8217;s Promise of Quieter Hurricane Season May Not Be Good News for Insurers</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/07/27/879132.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Guy Carpenter]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[For insurers, the periodic El Niño climate phenomenon has traditionally lowered the risk of costly Atlantic hurricanes, but decades of population growth along coastal areas and rising property values are forcing them to rethink that assumption. Marked by warmer-than-average sea &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>20 Years After Hurricane Katrina: Are Insurers Ready for a Different $100B Disaster?</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/07/14/877417.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 05:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[National News]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near Buras-Triumph, Louisiana, as a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 125 mph. It had previously reached Category 5 intensity over the Gulf of Mexico, peaking at 175 mph, before weakening &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CSU Lowers Atlantic Hurricane Forecast to &#8216;Well Below Normal&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/07/09/876739.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chad Hemenway]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 04:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Thanks to a strengthening El Nino, the rest of the Atlantic hurricane season will be well below normal, said researchers at Colorado State University. In a July 8 update to its forecast, CSU said the 2026 hurricane season will have &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Viewpoint: Why Florida Property Insurance Rates Might (and Might Not) Keep Falling</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/06/30/875651.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[florida insurance premiums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida property insurance crisis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[startup insurance companies in Florida]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note: As some national news reports continue to claim that Florida&#8217;s property insurance crisis has endured and premiums keep rising, one Florida insurance executive offered a view from inside the industry, shaped by more than three decades in the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CSU Adjusts Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast Due to Emerging El Nino</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/06/10/873147.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ezra Amacher]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The growing likelihood of an El Nino to emerge this summer has led Colorado State University hurricane researchers to slightly reduce their original forecast for the Atlantic hurricane season. In the latest forecast published June 10, CSU predicts a below &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Natural-Disaster Insurance Gap Now Exceeds $420 Billion Globally</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/06/03/872234.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The value of uninsured natural-catastrophe losses rose more than 7% globally last year to $424 billion, with North America the most exposed region, according to a fresh analysis. While insurance coverage has broadly kept pace with rising catastrophe exposure, the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast Milder Than Normal Thanks to El Nino</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/05/26/871221.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 05:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A developing El Nino that is forecast to get quite strong will likely dampen the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season, but it won&#8217;t make the potentially deadly storms disappear, federal and outside meteorologists predict. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>World Bank Prices $200 Million Catastrophe Bond for Jamaica</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/05/19/870518.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 11:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The World Bank has priced a new catastrophe bond designed to help Jamaica cope with the threat of hurricanes. The $200 million bond was oversubscribed by investors, the World Bank said in a statement. The deal comes less than a &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Quieter Hurricane Season This Year Could Still Pummel the US Power Grid</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/05/07/868926.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 13:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[National News]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Meteorologists are forecasting about 13 named Atlantic storms this season, or a little less activity than average. That sounds like good news for the US power grid and everyone who relies on it. But a look back at recent years &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Worsening Ocean Heat Waves Are &#8216;Supercharging&#8217; Hurricane Damage, Study Finds</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/04/13/865440.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 05:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Marine heat waves are supercharging damage caused by hurricanes and tropical cyclones across the globe, a new study found. Researchers looked at 1,600 tropical cyclones — the broader category of storms that includes hurricanes — that made landfall since 1981 &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AccuWeather Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast: 11-16 Named Storms</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/03/25/863355.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[AccuWeather&#8217;s first prediction for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season calls for slightly below average activity. AccuWeather&#8217;s experts forecast 11-16 named storms, four to seven hurricanes, and two to four major hurricanes of Category 3 strength or greater for the hurricane &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Planet-Warming El Niño to Form by September, US Forecasters Say</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/03/13/861693.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 05:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[US forecasters say an El Niño is favored to emerge in the Pacific Ocean by September, threatening to drive global temperatures higher and disrupt crops in the months ahead. Scientists at the US Climate Prediction Center project a 62% chance &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Catastrophe-Bond Risk Premia Drop to Rates Last Seen in 2022</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/02/17/858179.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 06:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Investors in catastrophe bonds are seeing a decline in risk premia to levels not seen since before Hurricane Ian hit Florida in 2022, as a surge in fresh capital drives down potential returns. That&#8217;s according to an analysis by reinsurer &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wildfires, Storms Fuel 2025 Insured Losses of $108 Billion: Munich Re Report</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2026/01/13/854041.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 07:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Global insured losses from natural disasters fell to $108 billion last year, Munich Re said in a report on Tuesday. That compared with an inflation-adjusted $147 billion in 2024, the German reinsurer said, as the U.S. mainland avoided hurricanes for &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Surge of Supercharged Hurricanes Prompt Call for Cat 6 Classification</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/01/09/853747.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Scientists warn that warming sea surface temperatures are fueling a surge of extreme, off-the-charts storms, prompting a new hurricane category. Warm, deep ocean hot spots are leading to stronger and more dangerous hurricanes and typhoons, according to new research by &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season Goes Out Like a Lamb</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2025/11/26/849119.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 06:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;s Atlantic hurricane season was marked by contrasts, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). From intense bursts of activity to relative calm, the season will end on November 30 with activity falling within the agency&#8217;s predicted &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hurricane Melissa Shows How Quickly Climate Change Is Outstripping Defenses</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/11/12/847125.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 06:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Jamaica has invested tens of millions of dollars in bolstering coastal defenses by planting mangroves, building seawalls and strengthening urban infrastructure. It wasn&#8217;t close to enough to withstand Hurricane Melissa&#8217;s 185-mile-an-hour winds and 13-foot storm surge that destroyed thousands of &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Catastrophe Bonds Absorb &#8216;Black Swan&#8217; Event Dealt by Melissa</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/11/10/846997.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 09:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A rare thing is about to happen in the $55 billion market for catastrophe bonds: a trigger event will wipe out 100% of a bond&#8217;s principal. Jamaica&#8217;s $150 million cat bond has been the subject of controversy since it failed &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jamaica Catastrophe Bond Headed for Full Payout After Hurricane, World Bank Says</title>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Investors in Jamaica&#8217;s catastrophe bond now face a 100% payout after Hurricane Melissa set off a full trigger event, according to the World Bank. Jamaica&#8217;s $150 million cat bond, which was arranged by the World Bank, is designed to provide &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jamaica to Get 2nd Parametric Insurance Payout for Excess Rainfall From Storm Melissa</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 10:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Caribbean parametric insurer, CCRIF SPC, announced it will make a second payout of US$21.1 million to the government of Jamaica – a policy triggered by excess rainfall from Hurricane Melissa. This payout follows the CCRIF&#8217;s first record payment of &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>KCC Estimates Privately Insured Losses From Hurricane Melissa Will Hit $2.4 Billion</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/11/06/846645.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Catastrophe modeling company KCC estimates that privately insured losses from Hurricane Melissa will hit $2.4 billion. This estimate includes insured damages to residential, commercial, and industrial properties in Jamaica and Cuba, according to Boston-based Karen Clark &#38; Co. in its &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Here&#8217;s How Much Hurricane Melissa Was Worsened by Climate Change</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/11/06/846618.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 07:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Hurricane Melissa became the most powerful storm on record to strike Jamaica in part because of water made hotter and air made wetter by global warming, a new analysis has found. The storm was also one of the strongest to &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jamaica to Get Record $70.8M Parametric Payout for Hurricane Melissa</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/11/04/846344.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 11:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) announced it will make a payout of US$70.8 million to the government of Jamaica to cover damages from Hurricane Melissa. This marks the largest single payout in the history of CCRIF, the Cayman &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Insured Losses From Hurricane Melissa Could Reach $4.2 Billion, Verisk Estimates</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/11/03/846196.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 13:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Insured losses from Hurricane Melissa&#8217;s strike on Jamaica are expected to range between $2.2 billion and $4.2 billion, according to estimates from data analytics firm Verisk. The Category 5 hurricane made landfall in southwestern Jamaica last week, the Caribbean nation&#8217;s &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jamaica Catastrophe Bond Has Now Triggered, Government Says</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/11/03/846093.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 06:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Jamaica&#8217;s catastrophe bond has now triggered as a result of the fallout from Hurricane Melissa, the government said. &#8220;Over the next few weeks we&#8217;ll get more details into what the payout is,&#8221; Dana Morris Dixon, minister of education, skills, youth &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Melissa Jamaica Damage Seen Costing Insurers Up to $3 Billion</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2025/10/31/846065.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The wreckage caused by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica is expected to cost insurers $1 billion to $3 billion, according to property intelligence company Cotality. The insured losses are a fraction of the total property damage, which Cotality estimates at $2 &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hurricane Melissa to Bring Wet, Windy Weather to Northern Europe</title>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Hurricane Melissa is forecast to dissipate in the Atlantic Ocean next week, bringing wet and windy weather to northern Europe after wrecking havoc across the Caribbean. The record-setting storm left a trail of destruction in Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, causing &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Satellite Data Reveals Hurricane Melissa Damage in Jamaica</title>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[As Hurricane Melissa sweeps past Bermuda, new satellite data of Jamaica has revealed devastation for tourist center Montego Bay and much of the Western part of the country. At least 40% of the buildings and roads in the worst-hit areas &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hurricane Melissa Wreaks $8 Billion of Damage, Kills Dozens</title>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 08:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The devastation from Hurricane Melissa came into focus after the record-setting storm moved past Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba with at least 33 deaths and almost $8 billion of damage in its wake. Across the Caribbean, the storm&#8217;s powerful winds have &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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