CHICAGO (WLS) -- The ABC7 I-Team checked in with travelers from the Chicago area who are waiting to get off the island of Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa tore through.

Before the storm made landfall, some locally in the Chicago area went into to action to assist Jamaicans after Hurricane Melissa. Donations are already being accepted at some local businesses.

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One couple from Romeoville has been trying to get home for more than a week now.

ABC7 heard from Kristin Andrews Tuesday , and Wednesday night, she and her husband say the last 24 hours have been the most intense as Hurricane Melissa made landfall. They were left without power, which made for hot conditions, and everyone in the resort in Falmouth, Jamaica had to sleep in

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