Ruth Lyn Deer, 76, rode out the storm in Cobie Ridge, a settlement about seven miles from Black River, according to Jamaican newspaper The Gleaner. The woman hunkered down inside her Food for the Poor home, which was built six years ago, and watched as the storm ripped off part of her roof and led to a sinkhole opening up in her bedroom.

Hurricane Melissa was the most powerful hurricane to lash the island since record-keeping began 174 years ago.

Videos from Jamaica show catastrophic conditions bearing down on the island, as Melissa slammed the nation as a Category 5 hurricane on Tuesday.

Melissa directly hit Jamaica on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm, the most powerful hurricane ever to hit the nation.

A Montego Bay man shared video of himself using ropes to secure his home as Hurricane Melissa slammed Jamaica, causing catastrophic damage.

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Adrian Salmon is the only one of his family to live outside Jamaica, describing the hopeless feeling of watching the storm come in and now seeing the devastation.

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