There are two specific timeframes during the year that are favourable for hurricanes to develop and impact Jamaica.

The first occurs from August to mid-September while the second happens in the last two weeks of October.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall on the Caribbean island nation Tuesday, bringing with it what climate experts predict will be more than a year’s worth of rain in the coming days.

The storm, rated a Category 5 with wind speeds of up to 295 km/h, is already being labelled as the worst storm to hit Jamaica since detailed records were kept 174 years ago.

According to the Meteorological Service of Jamaica , an average of 10 tropical storms are formed in the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea during the hurricane season.

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness is using govern

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