Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm Tuesday afternoon, with winds stronger than Hurricane Katrina.

Hurricane Melissa has caused widespread destruction across Jamaica, Cuba, and the Bahamas, leaving 77% of Jamaica without power and resulting in at least 33 deaths across the Caribbean.

Holness said the government had not received any confirmed storm-related fatalities, but given the strength of the hurricane and the extent of the damage, "we are expecting that there would be some lo...