sustained winds of 185 mph. It is the strongest storm to lash the island since recordeping began 174 years ago. Homes were ripped from their foundations. Entire communities were swept away by raging winds. Power lines lay tangled like threads, and the familiar blue waters turned gray with fury. Families huddled in churches that became shelters as Hurricane Melissa, a storm unlike any ever seen before, tore across the island with unimaginable force. Meteorologists called it a category 5 monster.

Winds reached nearly 185 mph. Survivors said the sound was like a roaring freight train that would not stop. Yeah, good evening to you, Brett, and everyone watching from North Central Jamaica here as we are taking hurricane force winds coming through after the category 5 landfall hours ago. 185 mph winds and it has tormented the southwest quarter of Jamaica and now it is coming across here ripping apart into Montego Bay which is about 50 mi uh to the west of where we’re at where over

25,000 tourists are stranded in hotels and in peril right now and you can see these intense winds and driving rain. It feels like BB’s on the face. Uh this neighborhood we are in about a quarter mile uh up the hill from the Caribbean Sea. Uh we have seen partial roofs fall all up uh in this area. Vegetation

pulled up in the mountain side. The earth is trying to tell us something and those who have spiritual ears can hear it. The earth is groaning….read more watch video