Jamaica Braces for ‘Catastrophic Damage’ as Hurricane Melissa Makes Landfall

Hurricane Melissa was set to pummel Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago. The storm was expected to make landfall early Tuesday and slice diagonally across the island, entering near St. Elizabeth parish in the south and exiting around St. Ann | Read More in Virtual Jerusalem