Hurricane Melissa: a visual guide to Jamaica’s strongest storm since 1851

Slow-moving giant makes landfall and will linger over the island before slamming into Cuba

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Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a catastrophic category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since record-keeping began in 1851.

The slow-moving giant hit the island on Tuesday afternoon and is expected to linger, moving diagonally through it until heading on to slam into Cuba, with impacts also expected in Haiti and the Bahamas.