🌀 Catastrophic Category 5 Hurricane Melissa devastates Jamaica 🇯🇲 The strongest hurricane in Jamaica’s modern history is bringing 175 mph (280 km/h) winds, torrential rain, storm surge, and catastrophic flooding. 📍 Tuesday, 2:00 a.m. EDT (0600 UTC) Located ~215 km SW of Kingston Moving slowly NNE at 4 km/h — meaning extreme conditions will persist for hours. ⚠️ Hazards 🌧️ Jamaica: 400–800 mm of rain (locally 1000 mm), life-threatening floods, landslides & storm surge. 💨 Eastern Cuba: 250–5

Today is a First Alert 6 Weather Day, tracking wind gusts up to 60 mph possible this evening. Meteorologist Jade Steffens is live with the details. | 6 News WOWT