Hurricane Melissa made landfall on the Caribbean island of Jamaica on Tuesday, Oct. 28, as a Category 5 storm with sustained winds over 180 mph. It brought threats of more than two feet of rain and a life-threatening storm surge.

Cleanup efforts are under way as Hurricane Melissa, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded, left a widespread trail of destruction across much of the northern Caribbean, including Jamaica, Cuba...

The hurricane made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a category five storm and was one of the most powerful hurricanes ever measured in the Caribbean.