Conditions remain quiet in the tropics, with no activity expected for the next seven days. But don't let your guard down yet.

The Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1 and lasts through November 30. There have been 13 named storms so far this season.

Haiti’s government says that the death toll from Hurricane Melissa has risen to 43 and that 13 others are still missing.

Pourmans on Water Street hosts Jamaica Hurricane Melissa relief fundraiser Wednesday, donating 10% of sales and collecting supplies for recovery efforts.

A newlywed who was in Jamaica on his honeymoon when Hurricane Melissa struck said the devastation "completely took the life out of the island". Rob Cuff, a lorry driver from Snedshill in Shropshire, said he and his wife, Leah, 28, spent time comforting hotel staff who had lost their homes on 28 October.

However, scientists said, the world is measurably warmer than it was a century ago. Hurricane hotspots like the Caribbean Sea and parts of the Atlantic Ocean are hotter, giving Melissa additional fuel to become powerful. That warmer water also makes for a more humid atmosphere; storms can more easily wring more rain out of wetter air.

"Historically, storms have been named for a long time, but haphazardly and after the fact. For example, an Atlantic storm that ripped the mast off a boat named Antje would become known as Antje's hurricane. As weather forecasting developed as a science, storms were identified by their latitude-longitude," the WMO website reads, in part.

One week after Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica, the island is still struggling to recover from one of the most destructive storms in recent memory.