Hurricane Melissa, Bahamas and Jamaica
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Hurricane Melissa ranks as one of the strongest Atlantic storms to make landfall in recorded history
Hurricane Melissa became one of the most powerful hurricanes on record to make landfall in the Atlantic Basin.
Category 5 Hurricane Melissa sped up early Tuesday making landfall in Jamaica around 1 p.m, tying the record for the strongest landfall in the Atlantic.
Category 5 Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as the strongest storm — and only Category 5 hurricane — ever recorded in the nation’s history.
Category 5 Hurricane Melissa has made landfall already in Jamaica and Cuba, as one of the strongest hurricanes to ever make landfall.
The strongest storm to strike the Caribbean island in modern history, the hurricane sustained winds of 298 km/h (185 mph) at its peak - stronger than Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans in 2005, killing 1,392 people. The US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) reported sustained winds of 165km/h at 09:00 GMT on Thursday.
Hurricane Melissa made a second landfall Wednesday in eastern Cuba near Chivirico as a Category 3 storm, a day after barreling into Jamaica as the strongest hurricane to hit there since 1851.