Hurricane Melissa made landfall in western Jamaica early Tuesday afternoon as a powerful Category 5 storm and the strongest ever to directly hit the Caribbean nation of 2.8 million people.
Melissa made landfall near the town of New Hope, some 62 kilometres south of Montego Bay, packing maximum sustained winds of 185 mph (295 kph), the US National Hurricane Center said in an advisory.
By 3pm local time (9pm Cyprus
