Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica as one of the most powerful cyclones ever recorded — with the United Nations declaring the disaster “the storm of the century.” Melissa smashed into Jamaica’s southwestern coast just after 1 p.

Hours from landfall, Hurricane Melissa is also slow moving like Hurricane Harvey in 2017, which could mean catastrophic flooding.

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as the strongest storm — and only Category 5 hurricane — ever recorded in the nation’s history.

This late-season surprise behemoth went beyond 'extreme' rapid intensification and now ties Katrina and Andrew as the 10th strongest hurricane ever recorded.

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall as the strongest-ever storm in Jamaica as winds reached 295km per hour, leaving hundreds of thousands without power and three people dead.

A monster hurricane is bearing down on the Caribbean with warnings that it could be the “worst storm” in Jamaica’s history and lives could be lost.

Jamaica residents are bracing themselves for potentially the most devastating storm to ever hit the nation. Hurricane Melissa is threatening to unleash catastrophic flooding, deadly landslides and towering storm surges across the Caribbean.

Hurricane Melissa is packing sustained winds of up to 175 m/h (282 km/h) as the slow-moving Category 5 storm barrels towards Jamaica, in what could be the largest on record for the Caribbean island.