Melissa made landfall Tuesday as a Category 5 hurricane - the strongest to hit the island since record keeping began 174 years ago, according to the Associated Press.

The death toll from Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean stood at 40 early Friday, with at least 19 killed in Jamaica which took the brunt of the Category 5 storm packing winds of 185 mph and extreme r...

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.