With communication networks in Jamaica crippled, the true scale of the disaster remains unknown.

Residents in Jamaica prepared for Hurricane Melissa as it strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane on Sunday (26 October). Melissa, the 13th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane…

Melissa has been upgraded to a category five storm and could become Jamaica's strongest on record.

Landfall is not expected until Tuesday but high winds have already felled trees and caused power cuts on the island

Jamaican officials call on public to get to higher ground and shelters ahead of hurricane amid warning of ‘multiple life-threatening hazards’

Category 5 storm is predicted to be the most destructive storm on record to hit the Caribbean island.

At least three people are dead in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa, the world's strongest storm so far this year, bears down on the Caribbean island nation, officials said.

"There is no infrastructure in the region that can withstand a Category 5," Prime Minister Andrew Holness said. "The question now is the speed of recovery."

"There is no infrastructure in the region that can withstand a Category 5," Prime Minister Andrew Holness said. "The question now is the speed of recovery."

"There is no infrastructure in the region that can withstand a Category 5," Prime Minister Andrew Holness said. "The question now is the speed of recovery."

As the world's strongest storm of the year closes in on Jamaica, people describe frantic preparations.

Hurricane Melissa, a catastrophic Category 5 storm, makes landfall in Jamaica, threatening severe damage and widespread evacuations.

"There is no infrastructure in the region that can withstand a Category 5," Prime Minister Andrew Holness said. "The question now is the speed of recovery."

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled into roads Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa came ashore as…

Hours after the storm passed Jamaica, causing a massive power outage, authorities urged residents to continue sheltering.

Prime minister expects 'loss of life' after powerful hurricane damages homes, hospitals and inundates parishes.

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a catastrophic category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since record-keeping began in 1851

Jamaica is bracing itself as Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm, is expected to make landfall and bring with it winds of up to 175mph (280kmph).It could be the strongest storm…

With communication networks in Jamaica crippled, the true scale of the disaster remains unknown.

People in Jamaica are waking up to the devastation left by Hurricane Melissa, as Prime Minister Andrew Holness declared the entire country a “disaster area". Footage shows entire…

The hurricane was downgraded from a category five storm on Wednesday after it made landfall in Jamaica a day earlier as its strongest-ever storm, decimating crucial infrastructure…