Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa – record-setting storm devastates Jamaica, now bearing down on Cuba & Bahamas

Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean with astonishing intensity, making landfall in Jamaica as one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic basin, then charging toward Cuba and onward to the Bahamas. In Jamaica, Melissa unleashed sustained winds of about 185 mph (295 kph) and a central pressure