Hurricane Melissa slammed into Cuba early on Wednesday, hours after causing devastation in Jamaica as the strongest-ever storm on record to hit that Caribbean island nation. "Specialist rapid deployment teams have also been positioned in the region to provide consular assistance round the clock to British nationals affected by the devastation of Hurricane Melissa,

After Hurricane Melissa destroyed entire towns in Jamaica, emergency crews are still working to clear roads into the hardest hit areas. Commercial flights have begun taking off, but thousands of tourists are still trying to get home.

Melissa’s 185 mph winds rival the most intense Atlantic storms on record. The Category 5 hurricane is threatening Jamaica with a storm surge of up to 13 feet.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall on the Caribbean island of Jamaica on Tuesday, Oct. 28, as a Category 5 storm with sustained winds over 180 mph. It brought threats of more than two feet of rain and a life-threatening storm surge.

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, tying for the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane in history