'It is not turning back,' says Jamaica resident as Hurricane Melissa nears

Residents in Jamaica's Kingston community of Harbour View made their final preparations as Hurricane Melissa began lashing the island with wind and rain.

The slow-moving Category 5 storm is on course to barrel into Jamaica, in what could be the largest on record for the Caribbean island, before crossing eastern Cuba and moving over the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos by October 29.

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