Windows blown in, trees uprooted and croc warnings - Hurricane Melissa batters Jamaica

Jamaica's Meteorological Service warn things will get "significantly worse" as the eye of the storm heads towards Cuba.

Scenes From the Caribbean as Hurricane Melissa Hits

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm, bringing lashing waves, powerful 185-mile-per-hour winds and life-threatening flooding to the Caribbean island nation.
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Jamaican man shares impacts of Hurricane Melissa as storm barrels island. "Roads are becoming impassable"

"There's a feeling of anxiety among a lot of persons," said Dontae Matthews, who lives in Saint Catherine, a parish about 10 miles from Kingston.

'Hurricane Hunters' who flew into eye of Melissa had to turn back due to turbulence, NOAA says

The U.S. Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the "Hurricane Hunters," were forced to turn back at one point due to heavy turbulence after flying into the eye of Hurricane Melissa on Monday.
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