Thousands of tourists remain stranded, with airports closed after the storm battered the Caribbean island before heading to Cuba, Maryam Zakir-Hussain reports

Record-breaking hurricane expected to make landfall on Tuesday with 160mph winds, while New Zealand reels from storm damage

Melissa's center was forecast to move over Jamaica on Tuesday

At least four people have already been killed as the storm batters the Caribbean with heavy winds and torrential rainfall

Jamaicans urged to seek shelter immediately, and Cuba, Haiti and Dominican Republic also threatened

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

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Weather satellites have beamed back views of Hurricane Melissa as seen from space as it makes its way over the Caribbean Sea, with Jamaica bracing for what could be the "most…

The catastrophic and record-breaking storm is barreling toward Jamaica at speed

Satellite imagery shows the “monster” eye of Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm recorded this year, that is currently hurtling towards Jamaica. The category five storm is…

The record-breaking storm is barreling toward Jamaica

At least seven people have already been killed as the storm batters the Caribbean with heavy winds and torrential rainfall

Officials urge people to stay indoors as Category 5 storm bears down on Caribbean nation.

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

"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."

With peak sustained winds of 175 mph and gusts exceeding 210 mph, Hurricane Melissa is forecast to be the strongest storm ever to strike Jamaica.

The record-breaking storm is barreling toward Jamaica

If it strikes Jamaica at close to full strength, it could eclipse all storms the island has experienced before.

"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.

Slow-moving giant about to make landfall and will linger over the island before slamming into Cuba