The Latest Breaking News from Jamaica

The US National Hurricane Centre said Melissa was ‘one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin’.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm with winds up to 295 km/h, the strongest in 174 years. Streets in Kingston were flooded and power cuts hit a third of the island. Officials warn of a four-metre storm surge as Melissa heads toward Cuba.

Hannah Grubbs’s TikTok videos on the category 5 storm has received significant backlash

Travellers to Jamaica say neither government nor airlines raised concerns before the storm forced them into lockdown

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Fierce winds ripped roofs from buildings, and massive boulders crashed down onto roads, cutting off access across the region.

TikTok influencer Hannah Grubs faces backlash for vacationing in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa forces evacuations and devastates locals struggling to survive the storm.

Jamaica’s government ordered evacuations from high risk areas and shut down the country’s airports as the Category 5 storm approached on Tuesday.