JAMAICA, Fla. ( WWSB ) - Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as the strongest hurricane ever recorded to hit the island, shattering multiple records that had stood for decades.

The storm produced a 252-mile-per-hour wind gust, the strongest gust ever measured by an aircraft inside a hurricane. It shattered the previous 200-mile-per-hour record set by Hurricane Patricia a decade ago.

Melissa’s central pressure plunged to 892 millibars, making it the third-strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic. The storm tied the 1935 Labor Day hurricane in the Florida Keys as the strongest pressure ever at landfall.

“Storms this intense rarely make landfall anywhere in the world,” said ABC7 meteorologist Rick Kirby.

Melissa is now the strongest hurricane on the planet this year, sur

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