Hurricane Melissa is among the strongest hurricanes to have formed in the Atlantic Ocean since records have been kept, ranking as one the most powerful storms in terms of both wind strength and pressure.

The storm , which formed last week, was an "extremely dangerous" Category 5 hurricane as it made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.

With maximum sustained winds of 185 mph, Melissa was tied with two other hurricanes for the strongest landfall on record in the Atlantic. Hurricane Dorian in 2019 and a 1935 storm known as the Labor Day hurricane, before storms were named the way they are now, both clocked winds of 185 mph when they made landfall.

A graphic shows the four strongest hurricanes to make landfall in the Atlantic based on

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