Hurricane melissa caused at least 67 deaths, up to $4 billion in insured losses in jamaica and tens of billions of dollars of overall damage throughout the caribbean, authorities in the storm. Melissa tore through the caribbean as one of the most powerful storms in history, slamming jamaica as a category 5 hurricane earlier this week. Hurricane melissa tore a path of destruction across jamaica after the storm made landfall on tuesday as a category 5 hurricane, one of the most powerful landfalls on record in the atlantic basin.
Hurricane melissa made landfall in jamaica on tuesday as one of the most powerful storms in history and, while the storm has weakened, it is currently making its way toward bermuda. Melissa killed dozens in haiti when a river burst its banks and left tens of thousands without electricity in jamaica. Maps show its forecast path.
