Hurricane Melissa came ashore in Jamaica Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, and it will continue on to hit eastern Cuba as a major hurricane,

"There's a feeling of anxiety among a lot of persons," said Dontae Matthews, who lives in Saint Catherine, a parish about 10 miles from Kingston.

Missy Elliott, who collaborated with Kartel on 2005's "Bad Man," wrote, "Prayers up for everyone in Jamaica," on X, followed by several Jamaican flag and prayer hands emojis. When reminded to also pray for those in need in Cuba and Haiti, Eliott responded, "Absolutely."

HUNDREDS of British holiday-makers are trapped in Jamaica tonight as Hurricane Melissa – a now category five monster storm – bears down on the island. The mega storm bring with it

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm with wind speeds of up to 185 miles per hour. Live cameras are showing the damaging impacts of Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica a day after it made landfall.

When Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica this week, becoming the first Category 5 storm in recorded history to strike the island head-on, TikTok creator Nicole Doyon found herself at the center of the story.

PORT-AU-PRINCE/KINGSTON/HAVANA (Reuters) -Hurricane Melissa smashed through the northern Caribbean and was seen picking up speed as it churned across open ocean towards Bermuda on Thursday, leaving a trail of high winds and destruction from Jamaica to Cuba and Haiti in its wake.