MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — Hurricane Melissa made a record-setting landfall as a monster Category 5 storm , packing wind speeds of 185 mph, as it roared ashore near New Hope, Jamaica on Tuesday.

Black River, one of the oldest towns on the island , just 11 miles south of the official landfall location was devastated by wind and storm surge . Video released by the Jamaica Constabulary Force showed power poles snapped in half, roofs torn off buildings and streets flooded.

Melissa moved like a buzzsaw over the western parishes of Jamaica. The storm's devastating eyewall passed directly over Montego Bay, Jamaica's third most populous city and a popular tourist destination.

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