CINCINNATI — A Cincinnati family is bracing for impact in Jamaica as Category 5 storm Hurricane Melissa bears down on them.

Charlie and Laura Moorman were vacationing at the Bahia Precipe resort with their 5-year-old daughter Navia when Hurricane Melissa quickly developed into a Category 5 storm and turned in their direction.

They showed us around the resort, now surrounded by sandbags with boarded windows Monday as they prepared their belongings and waited for word to head to the resort's central shelter.

"We're going to be in a room with (700 to 800) other people who are all going to be coping with this in different ways," Charlie said.

Cincinnati family stuck in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa nears

Charlie said he was frustrated after an attempt to book an emergency flight off the

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