Category 5-Hurricane Melissa Makes Landfall in Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in western Jamaica Tuesday afternoon as an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane, unleashing catastrophic winds, life-threatening storm surge and torrential rainfall across the island. As of 2 p.m. EDT, the eye of the storm was located just 20 miles south-southwest of Montego Bay, packing maximum sustained winds of 165 miles per hour. The storm’s central pressure has reached 899 millibars — a mark of its extraordinary intensity. The hurricane is moving toward the north-northeast at eight miles per hour, with the core expected to cross western Jamaica ov