TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Hurricane Melissa, now a powerful Category 5 storm, is expected to make landfall in Jamaica Tuesday. The storm has already been blamed for at least three deaths on the island, according to the Associated Press .

For Tallahassee resident Ramone Anderson, the crisis feels painfully close to home. His grandmother and aunt live directly in the storm’s path.

“It’s very difficult being so far from my family,” Anderson said. “You can send money and you can send prayers, that’s all you can do.”

Anderson said his grandmother has dementia and his aunt is her caretaker. Their home, he added, may not sustain the hurricane.

“My grandmother’s roof isn’t in the greatest shape,” he said. “Right now, they’re just hunkering down with what they have. They don’t have any board

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