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Jamaica’s decade-long effort to build layers of financial protection in case of natural disasters might help the country ...

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After hitting Jamaica as a Category 5, Hurricane Melissa slammed Cuba on Wednesday and is forecast to threaten the Bahamas ...

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Global experts are calling for strengthened international cooperation to better mitigate the more intense and frequent ...