DETROIT (WXYZ) — Hurricane Melissa is expected to make landfall in Jamaica late Monday or Tuesday, leaving metro Detroit residents with ties to the Caribbean island anxiously waiting for news from family and friends.

Yanique Lee, a Jamaican living in metro Detroit, said she's deeply concerned about her loved ones still on the island.

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"I'm very worried, I'm very sad and I pray that the storm passes," Lee said.

Lee said her family and friends have already been sharing videos with her, showing roofs being ripped from homes and cars submerged under water as the hurricane approaches.

"The ocean lifted up and the water was just going everywhere," Lee said.

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