South Florida groups prepare aid shipments for Caribbean as family members grapple with Hurricane Melissa impacts

"It is more than kind of distressing because you don't know when and you don't know how," said Ewan Simpson, who lives in Jamaica.

Hurricane Melissa live updates: Category 5 storm threatens Jamaica with devastation

Hurricane Melissa is edging towards Jamaica and set to make landfall as a historic Category 5 storm, with winds of over 160 mph. Jamaica is bracing for what the National Hurricane Center said would be catastrophic flash flooding and landslides caused by up to 40 inches of rain in some places. The storm is due to make landfall early Tuesday.

Carnival, Royal Caribbean reroute cruises to avoid Hurricane Melissa. See the changes.

Celebrity Beyond’s Oct. 26 itinerary will visit the Western Caribbean rather than the Eastern Caribbean, according to the cruise line’s parent company, Royal Caribbean Group. The ship will visit Costa Maya in Mexico, Belize and Roatan, Honduras.

Hurricane Melissa Barrels Toward Jamaica as a Category 5 Storm, the Strongest Ever to Hit There

Hurricane Melissa is intensifying as it moves toward Jamaica. It is now a Category 5 storm, and could be the strongest hurricane to hit the island since at least 1851, when hurricane record-keeping began.

Hurricane Melissa is a mighty Category 5 storm in the Caribbean. Maps show its forecast path.

Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 5 could and could bring "catastrophic" flash flooding and landslides to Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
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