With Hurricane Melissa moving at speeds of 175 miles per hour and preparing to make landfall on the island nation of Jamaica by the afternoon of Oct. 28, governments are warning their citizens to put off travel, while airlines and cruise lines are calling off trips.

Jamaica is bracing for what could be the strongest storm to hit the island in decades: Hurricane Melissa. The cyclone is currently making its way towards Jamaica, having already torn through Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

A local tour group vacationing in Jamaica managed to leave the island just days before Hurricane Melissa made landfall

Hurricane Melissa is predicted to make landfall in Jamaica on Monday night as a powerful Category 5 storm, causing catastrophic damage to the Caribbean island.

THE world’s most powerful storm this year is due to hit Jamaica today, with winds up to 175mph. Hurricane Melissa, which has been upgraded to category five (the highest strength level), is

CBS travel editor Peter Greenberg says damage to airports and cruise ports currently poses the biggest threat to travelers in Jamaica amid Hurricane Melissa.

Tourists on hotel lockdown among thousands of Britons at risk as Storm Melissa batters Jamaica - All of Caribbean islands airports shut as world’s strongest storm of year so far set to make landfall

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as one of the largest storms to ever hit the island. Bradley and Barbara Dilworth, disabled veterans who love to travel and arrived in Jamaica on Thursday for vacation.

A British man who cut his holiday on the island short said he felt "completely let down" by the UK Government's response to the hurricane

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