KINGSTON, Jamaica – Violent shaking was recorded on a live camera in Kingston, Jamaica, on Tuesday morning as tropical-storm-force wind gusts howled through the streets of the island nation's capital ahead of the catastrophic landfall of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa .

According to the FOX Forecast Center, a 59-mph wind gust was recorded in Kingston close to the time of this recording.

Hurricane Melissa's maximum sustained winds have consistently topped 170 mph since Monday, as the storm bears down on Jamaica with landfall expected sometime Tuesday morning or afternoon.

WATCH FOX WEATHER'S LIVE COVERAGE OF HURRICANE MELISSA

According to a Tuesday morning advisory from the National Hurricane Center (NHC), hurricane-force winds of 75 mph or higher extend 30 miles from the eye of Hurricane

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