Several Caribbean islands are under hurricane watches and warnings for the impacts of Hurricane Melissa, according to the National Hurricane Center. Melissa has already had deadly impacts on communities in the Caribbean.

The scale of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa is emerging, with dozens of people known to have died in Haiti and four deaths reported in Jamaica - and the storm is now approaching the Bahamas.

Hurricane Melissa, which is stronger than Hurricane Katrina, is set to bring catastrophic winds, flash flooding and high storm surges to the island of Jamaica.

Liberty Caribbean is working with Starlink to provide direct-to-cell coverage across Jamaica, as terrestrial networks have been severely impacted. An additional spectrum bandwidth license was awarded to Flow by the country's government to support the response efforts.

While Hurricane Melissa has cleared Jamaica and winds are substantially lower, there will still be some thunderstorms across the island. The National Hurricane Center warns that an additional 3-6 inches (7-15cm) of rain is possible in parts, with up to 30 inches over mountainous areas.

Yesterday Melissa made landfall over southwestern Jamaica as a strong category 5 hurricane. It struck around New Hope, Jamaica with sustained winds of 185mph. The hurricane caused widespread damage over a huge section of the island.

Hurricane Melissa is going to be historic in a really bad way. It is the strongest hurricane to hit the island of Jamaica on record. Even stronger than hurricane Gilbert in the late 1980s.

Kimmy Small's flight home was originally scheduled for Monday. The airport shut down on Saturday. Now, all they can do is ride out the storm.

It will remain windy today, too, with gusts up to 25 mph. In total, less than an inch of rain today and tomorrow. Temperatures will remain abnormally cool for this time of year in the upper-50s

The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Melissa has begun affecting the southeastern Bahamas SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba — Melissa began affecting the southeastern Bahamas on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.