Jamaica's 'Storm of the Century'

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Jamaica's 'Storm of the Century'

Melissa roared ashore near Jamaica's southwestern town of New Hope, packing sustained winds of up to 95 kp/h, according to the US National Hurricane Centre, well above the minimum 252 kp/h wind speed of a Category 5 storm (PHOTO: Ricardo Makyn / AFP)

A man crosses the street while using a plastic sheet to protect himself from the rain as Hurricane Melissa is churning towards Cuba, after making landfall in Jamaica, in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba (PHOTO: Norlys Perez/REUTERS)

Jamaica's 'Storm of the Century'

In southwestern Jamaica, the parish of St. Elizabeth was left "underwater," an official said, with more than 500,000 residents without power.

Residents drive a car through flooded areas before Hurricane Melissa hits the city of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba (PHOTO: YAMIL LAGE / AFP)

Melissa's winds subsided to 233 kp/h, the NHC said, as the storm drifted past the mountainous island

The hurricane was forecast to curve to the northeast on a trajectory toward Santiago de Cuba, Cuba's second-most populous city. (PHOTO: Norlys Perez/REUTERS)

Source: AFP / REUTERS

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