RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- On Monday, all eyes are on major Hurricane Melissa as it barrels towards Jamaica.

The category five storm is expected to unleash catastrophic flooding as well as devastating wind and storm surge on the island nation before heading towards Cuba and the Bahamas later this week.

ABC11 News spoke with Jamaicans living in the Triangle on Monday, many of whom are understandably concerned about what the storm, forecast to be the strongest to ever hit the island, means for their country.

"I'm just hoping for the best for the country. We really don't need this right now," said Juliet Palmer, who moved from Jamaica to the US in 1977.

Palmer's daughter owns Mum's Jamaican Restaurant on Capital Boulevard in Raleigh, where the TVs were fixed to news coverage of the major

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