Monster Hurricane Melissa nears Jamaica
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What Travelers Need To Know As Hurricane Melissa Nears The Caribbean
Hurricane Melissa has rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm as it approaches Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean, according to CBS News.
As an island country in the Caribbean Sea, hurricanes aren’t new in Jamaica. Hurricanes hovering over the island while continuously dumping rain and blasting Category 4 or 5 winds, however, are a different brand.
Hurricane Melissa has strengthened into a major Category 4 hurricane, with the possibility of intensifying to a Category 5 storm Sunday night, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean,