ASHER, Okla. (KFOR) – An Oklahoma couple is stuck in Jamaica and bracing for the impact of Hurricane Melissa, the Category 5 storm projected to make landfall soon.

“They immediately started boarding up all of the restaurants, all of the resort. They've boarded up my parents’ room," said Heather Idell as she described what her parents vacation to Ocho Rios, Jamaica has turned into.

Idell explained that her parents planned to leave the island early, in hopes of beating the storm, but things took a different turn.

"My mom sent us a text on Saturday saying that they had gotten a flight out. So we were very excited," Idell said. "Then later in the afternoon, she texted back and said that American had canceled their flight and they had shut the airport."

The National Hurricane Center is desc

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