JAMAICA - As thousands in Jamaica take shelter from Hurricane Melissa, some of those include tourists from the capital area.

Pastor Stephen Johnson said he flew to the island for his son, Corey Johnson's, wedding. Stephen Johnson and Corey Johnson spoke to WBRZ on Tuesday through a video call in the bathroom of a hotel room in Montego Bay.

"It's raining really, really bad with very vicious winds," Stephen Johnson said.

Corey said he and his wife Trinity pushed their wedding date up to Saturday morning. After the ceremony, many family member jumped on the last flights out of Jamaica before Hurricane Melissa struck.

"The 24th, that's when we started to realize, 'Okay this might be an issue,'" Corey Johnson said. "Some of our family members flew out that afternoon, some flew out that even

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