Melissa could progress to a Category 5 storm -- with sustained winds up to 160 mph -- before it makes landfall. The hurricane could be the strongest to impact Jamaica in more than 35 years, since the Category 4 Hurricane Gilbert hit the island in 1988.

Hurricane Melissa intensified in the Caribbean on Sunday, and an official with the U.S. National Hurricane Center warned that the forecast for places along its projected path was becoming “increasingl...

Widespread damage to property and infrastructure is expected and some were already in storm shelters Sunday Night.