SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- Hurricane Melissa has hit southwestern Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, causing heavy flooding and wind damage.

Officials warned of devastating damage and urged residents to seek shelter as the hurricane crossed the island.

Take a look at how Melissa compares to severe weather we experience in KELOLAND.

Melissa made landfall Tuesday in southwestern Jamaica with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph.

Melissa is a huge and powerful Hurricane.

To give you some perspective, KELOLAND meteorologist Adam Rutt says the storm is as wide as a line from Sioux falls to Wyoming's western border with Idaho.

“The latest update on that had maximum sustained winds of 185 miles per hour and gusts over 200 miles an hour at least estimated around 210 miles an hour,” R

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