In the days since Hurricane Melissa ripped through the Caribbean, we’re getting a clearer understanding of both the destruction and desperation the deadly storm has caused.

In Jamaica, locals are calling the seaside town of Black River, the capital of St. Elizabeth Parish, "ground zero.”

The road to Black River is paved with signs of devastation ahead. An NBC6 crew drove under power lines and pushed through floodwaters to come upon what fisherman Walter Scott James described as a "bombing," and the "wickedest thing," he'd seen in his 63 years.

“Me experience Gilbert, me experience Ivan, all them little petty storms," he said.

But the destruction of those systems paled in comparison to Melissa, the strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in Jamaica, and among the strongest to make lan

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