Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm on Tuesday — bringing an "EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION," per the National Hurricane Center.

The big picture: Officials confirmed three storm-related deaths on Monday evening, before the monster hurricane had made landfall in the Caribbean island nation. • Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness said on Facebook ahead of the strongest storm to make landfall in the country in 174 years, that the country was likely to experience hurricane-force winds, heavy rainfall and flooding.

Background: The storm killed three people in Haiti and another person in the Dominican Republic last week. • Melissa rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane over the weekend, with its maximum sustained winds increasin

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