Hurricane Melissa is said to be one of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit the planet. Hurricane Melissa, which is set to pummelled Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, will lash the island with sheer force, making record-keeping that began 174 years ago.

Moreover, the storm was expected to make landfall early Tuesday and slice diagonally across the island, entering near St Elizabeth parish in the south and exiting around St Ann parish in the north, forecasters said.