Thousands from UK stranded abroad as Hurricane Melissa wreaks havoc View Image

Thousands of UK tourists remain stranded in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history, wreaked havoc on the Caribbean island. As many as 8,000 British citizens are in the country, with people ordered to stay inside to avoid the world’s strongest storm of the year so far, which left “catastrophic winds” and “flash flooding” in its wake.

On Tuesday, the US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) in Miami said Melissa was “one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin” as the storm hit south-western Jamaica near New Hope with sustained winds of 185mph. Heavy floodwaters swept across the region as wind tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled

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