It is clear that wherever the eye of the hurricane hit, there would be devastating impacts”: Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness gives an update after a monster Category 5 hurricane hit the island with violent winds and torrential rain.

Maryland Del. Jheanelle Wilkins and members of the state’s Jamaican community are organizing relief efforts after Hurricane Melissa, a historic Category 5 storm, devastated the island with

A video shared by the Jamaica Constabulary Force shows residents seeking shelter at a police station in Black River as Hurricane Melissa was ravaging the region on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025.

"Melissa is expected to bring 15 to 30 inches of rain to parts of Jamaica, with storm totals possibly reaching 40 inches. Catastrophic flash flooding and numerous landslides are likely," the embassy's weather warning said on Monday, Oct. 27, the day before the storm made landfall.

The Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, has said the Caribbean island has 'no infrastructure' which can withstand the Category 5 Hurricane Melissa.

Hurricane Melissa caused widespread devastation when it made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane on Tuesday.

"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.

NBC News' Tom Llamas spoke to Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness about the current state of the county as Hurricane Melissa makes landfall and how residents are being impacted.

As Hurricane Melissa barrels toward the island nation, only a fraction of residents have headed to evacuation centers.

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm after pummelling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. More than 500,

As Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica, a Kansas City restaurant owner is anxiously waiting for word from loved ones back home.

It's the strongest Atlantic hurricane to make landfall since Hurricane Dorian battered the Bahamas in 2019. Here’s a look at the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record: The most powerful Atlantic storm in terms of wind speed,