Hurricane Melissa is going to be historic in a really bad way. It is the strongest hurricane to hit the island of Jamaica on record. Even stronger than hurricane Gilbert in the late 1980s. Yesterday, the hurricane hunters flew into the eye of the storm.

The eye was still just as sharp on the satellite as yesterday. The hurricane was a strong category 5 this morning.

Winds were already gusting to 70mph around Montego Bay, and the eye was still a couple of hours from hitting the southwest coast.

Around the center of the storm the sustained winds were 175mph. The GUSTS were over 210mph.

Winds will be very strong over the western part of the island as the eye traverses land.

However, it may be strong over in the higher terrain of the eastern part of the island as well.

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