The phone line rang as Dennis Walton tried to get ahold of his brother on the southern coast of Jamaica. There was no answer.

Hurricane Melissa landed on Jamaica’s southwest coast on Tuesday. In Toronto’s Little Jamaica neighbourhood, many community members, like Walton, are concerned for their loved ones.

“I could only imagine what they’re going through while I’m here,” Walton said at his barbershop on Tuesday.

Walton said he spoke to his brother, who was taking shelter, earlier that day.

“People are feeling a little bit jittery,” he said. “We can only hope for the best, because it's unpredictable.”

Walton was born in Jamaica during Hurricane Charlie in 1951 but said he’s never witnessed a storm like this one.

“It looks so mean,” Walton said. “It moves slow and devastating, like car

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