We all heard about the catastrophic hurricane that slammed into Jamaica last week. Hurricane Melissa rewrote the record books when it made landfall Oct. 28, near New Hope in southwestern Jamaica.

Hurricanes are some of nature’s largest and most ferocious storms. Only a small handful of these sprawling systems ever reach Category 5 intensity. Many of these scale-topping hurricanes remained out to sea with minimal effects to land. But some of them ...

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a major Category 5 hurricane.Hurricane hunters find Melissa even more intense. Minimum pressure has dropped to its lowest yet at 892 mb. Max sustained winds of 185 mphNow tied for 2nd strongest storm in Atlantic history by wind speed,

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One of the strongest hurricanes to ever make landfall also became one of Virginia’s worst natural disasters. Hurricane Camille made landfall along the Gulf Coast on Aug. 17, 1969, as a powerful Category 5 storm. Winds were estimated to reach roughly 175 mph.

Hurricane Melissa has begun its slow march towards Jamaica, and it is now one of the top 10 strongest Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded. As of the 2 p.m. update by the NOAA National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Melissa has sustained winds of 175 mph and a minimum barometric pressure of 906 mb.

Hurricane Maria in 2017 leads the list of hurricanes that had the highest wind speeds when making landfall, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The Category 5 storm made landfall in southwestern Jamaica near New Hope with estimated maximum sustained winds of 185 mph and an estimated minimum central pressure of 892 millibars.

Most of the island of two million people was without internet service, and major airports were closed. Kingston, the capital, was mostly spared.