Hundreds of travellers are still waiting for flights out of Jamaica and are warned of food and accommodation shortages. View on euronews

With Hurricane Melissa moving at speeds of 175 miles per hour and preparing to make landfall on the island nation of Jamaica by the afternoon of Oct. 28, governments are warning their citizens to put off travel, while airlines and cruise lines are calling off trips.

With Hurricane Melissa bearing down on Jamaica, airlines have rolled out flexible rebooking policies and canceled select flights to affected airports.

Hurricane Melissa hit much of Jamaica hard. The country’s all-important tourism industry will likely suffer, too, as damage assessments are made over the coming days.

Thousands of British tourists remain stranded in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history, unleashed “catastrophic winds” and “flash flooding” as it slowly passed over the country. Up to 8,000 UK citizens were ordered to shelter from the world’s strongest storm of the year so far.

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