The Advocate spoke with Stone Town, 21, a Louisiana newlywed trapped at a resort on Jamaica, over a shaky phone connection Tuesday around noon. At the same time, Melissa made landfall on the south shore.

Hurricane Melissa caused widespread devastation when it made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane on Tuesday.

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Melissa was a Category 2 storm with sustained winds of 105 mph as of 7 a.m. Thursday and a hurricane warning was in effect in Bermuda. Melissa was 605 miles west of Bermuda, moving north-northeast at 21 mph. There is no threat to Louisiana or the Gulf Coast.

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Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica, maintaining its Category 5 intensity with devastating winds, flooding rains and storm surge spreading across the Caribbean.

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Hurricane Melissa's death toll has risen after the storm left a trail of destruction in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba — and now heads for the Bahamas.

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