Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica, where forecasters said it would unleash catastrophic flooding, multiple landslides and extensive infrastructure damage...

Hurricane Melissa is creeping toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 storm with 175 mph winds Tuesday morning, Oct. 28, and is forecast to have catastrophic impacts on islands in the northern Caribbe...

The Category 5 hurricane was approaching the country Tuesday morning, producing 180 miles-an-hour winds and churning about 50 miles south-southeast of the western Jamaica town Negril.