Carlene Comrie hasn’t heard from her family in Montego Bay, Jamaica, since the Category 5 Hurricane Melissa rocked the Caribbean island Tuesday.

Her sister, brother, nieces and nephews all live in the area, said Comrie, who moved to the U.S. alone in 1998 and co-owns the Taste of the Caribbean restaurant in Seattle’s Central District. Her family lost power during the storm, and she has no idea what the damage is to their home, or if they are all right.

On her “logical side,” Comrie is telling herself everything is OK. But in her heart, she said this is “the most anxious I’ve been probably in my entire life.” She’s listening for that call to come in, telling her the property is damaged but everyone is OK.

Heavy floodwaters, high winds, landslides, fallen trees and tumbling boulders pumme

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