Hurricane Hunters inside Melissa’s eye
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The scale of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa is emerging, with dozens of people known to have died in Haiti and four deaths reported in Jamaica - and the storm is now approaching the Bahamas.
Hurricane Melissa is so severe that even hurricane tracking weather planes have been forced to avoid the storm.
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm Tuesday afternoon, with winds stronger than Hurricane Katrina.
The Caribbean storm — among the most powerful in history, with 185 mph winds — is expected to bring flash-flooding and landslides as it slowly moves across the island and heads north toward Cuba.
Hurricane Melissa has hit Cuba after leaving a trail of destruction in Jamaica, though the full extent of its impact remains unclear. Watch and follow live below.
Plane flies inside the eye of Category 5 storm, as devastation begins in Jamaica with 185 mph winds and 9-to-13-foot waves batter the coast.
Hurricane Melissa brought devastation and death to the Caribbean as it tore through the region as one of the most powerful storms on earth in more than 150 years.
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