• Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica when it made landfall on Tuesday. • Satellite images show the extent of damage the island sustained. • The deadly hurricane has left more than half a million people in Jamaica without power.
Hurricane Melissa wreaked catastrophic damage in Caribbean communities after it made landfall on Tuesday.
The storm — the strongest hurricane this year — barreled through Jamaica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti, decimating homes and businesses, flooding streets, and knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of residents. At least 30 people were killed in the region.
Jamaica was the hardest hit, as the hurricane made landfall with sustained wind speeds of 185 miles per hour, some of the strongest ever recorded in the region. On Tuesday, Jamaica's

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