KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Hurricane Melissa made landfall Tuesday in Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami warned of devastating flash flooding and numerous landslides from the hurricane with 185 mph (295 kph) winds.

Forecasters warned that Melissa also was expected to make landfall in eastern Cuba late Tuesday or early Wednesday and then head toward the southeast Bahamas. It was not expected to affect the United States.

The eyewall of Hurricane Melissa has reached the coast of Jamaica, with landfall expected in the next few hours around Crawford

The slow-moving storm has killed at least three people in Jamaica, three people in Haiti and a fourth person in the Dominican Republic, where

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