TAMPA - As Hurricane Melissa makes its way towards Jamaica, Caribbean Americans living in Tampa are expressing their concerns.

What they're saying:

David Luckain, the owner of Tampa's Jamaica Jamaica Island Cuisine, was expected to be back in Tampa by Monday.

Instead, his flight was canceled, so he is in Jamaica preparing to hunker down for the storm as he searches for supplies. "I'm just holding on, bracing for the hurricane to come in," he said via FaceTime from Jamaica. "I think there's only one gas station open on the whole North Coast, so the lines are long."

Luckain's family lives on the northern coast, across from where the storm will come in. "The flooding in the low-lying areas will be a big concern because the flooding comes from landslides and mudslides," said Luckain.

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