Jamaica’s Strongest Storm in History :tornado: Jamaica is under threat as Hurricane Melissa, now a Category 5 storm, barrels toward the island with winds of 175mph. Officials have issued mass evacuations as the storm brings catastrophic flash flooding,

As Hurricane Melissa crosses over Jamaica with record-breaking winds and rain, these webcams show what happens as long as power holds out.

Hurricane Melissa has already caused devastation across the Caribbean. Officials in Haiti have reported at least three deaths, while the storm flooded parts of the Dominican Republic, damaging more than 100 homes and disrupting water service in several areas.

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as the strongest storm — and only Category 5 hurricane — ever recorded in the nation’s history.

A monster hurricane is bearing down on the Caribbean with warnings that it could be the “worst storm” in Jamaica’s history and lives could be lost.

Although Jamaica has been hit by many hurricanes, a storm stronger than Category 3 has never made landfall on the island.

Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica early Tuesday afternoon as a Category 5 storm with 185 mile per hour winds, causing widespread flooding and knocking out power to more than half of the island’s population before it moved on to Cuba.