Hurricane Melissa’s power, endurance and ability to overcome obstacles stunned meteorologists. Here’s what to know.

Millions of people across Jamaica are hunkering down and praying for safety from Hurricane Melissa, which made landfall on Tuesday around 1 p.m. with winds of 185 mph.

Hurricane Melissa may be the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the Atlantic basin. It has also ignited discussion about the need for a Category 6 designation.

Texas newlyweds Kasydee and Hunter Bishop are trapped near Montego Bay, Jamaica, as Hurricane Melissa approaches as a Category 5 storm with 175 mph winds.

Just days after Hurricane Melissa swept through Jamaica and Haiti, locals are working to pick up the pieces. According to the Associated Press, the storm that slammed into Jamaica on Tuesday, October 28,

Days after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, parts of the island still remain unaccessable. An estimated maximum sustained winds<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

Nations across the Caribbean were assessing the cost in lives and destruction from Hurricane Melissa, no more so than on Jamaica where at least 19 people died.

New satellite images reveal stunning scale of destruction from Hurricane Melissa up and down Jamaica’s southwest coast. Watch this video to see before and after photos from what Jamaica’s prime minister called Melissa’s “ground zero” – Black River,