Hurricane Melissa Begins to Pummel Jamaica As ‘Catastrophic’ Category 5 Storm Ahead Of Landfall

KINGSTON/HAVANA — Hurricane Melissa began lashing Jamaica with violent gusts on Monday as the U.S. National Hurricane Center upgraded it to a Category 5 storm packing sustained winds of 165 mph, the largest on record to slam into the Caribbean island. Cuba, the eastern Bahamas, and Turks and Caicos also lie in the expected path ...