Jamaica Braces for Melissa Landfall As Storm Winds Reach 160 Miles Per Hour 

The slow-moving but increasingly powerful Hurricane Melissa continued to churn toward Jamaica on Sunday, its maximum sustained winds reaching 160 miles per hour — with even higher gusts recorded by NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters. That makes it a Category 5 hurricane. By Monday morning, the storm’s eye was located about 135 miles southwest of Kingston and roughly 295 miles southwest of Guantanamo, Cuba. Melissa’s pace remained sluggish — just five miles per hour. A Hurricane Warning remained in effect for Jamaica and parts of eastern Cuba, including the provinces of Granma, Santiago de Cuba, G