Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Forecasters are warning residents of Jamaica to "seek shelter now," as Melissa, now a Category 5 hurricane, was making its way toward the Caribbean island nation early Monday.
The storm was expected to make landfall along Jamaica's southern coast on Tuesday morning, but the National Hurricane Center reported that the island is already experiencing damaging winds and heavy rainfall that will cause catastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding and landslides.
The hurricane was located about 130 miles south-southwest of Kingston, Jamaica, and about 315 miles south-southwest of Guantanamo, Cuba, the National Hurricane Center said in its 5 a.m. EDT update.
It had maximum sustained winds of 160 mph and was crawling west at 3 mph.
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