Hurricane Melissa has left Jamaica devastated with residents of Montego Bay waking up to the aftermath of the category five storm. Roughly three-quarters of the island is without power and many parts of its western side are under water, with homes destroyed by strong winds after the hurricane tore across the island with catastrophic force.

Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 4 storm as it churned northwest through the Caribbean Sea on Sunday.

Today, Today, several developments occurred. Melissa changed into hurricane, before turning into a Category 5 hurricane. Then, it weakened to a Category 4 hurricane and eventually became a Category 3 hurricane before being downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 125 mph.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, a Black River resident has admitted that many have resorted to looting to survive. “We have to do little looting because we don’t know if we ago get food for now,

The U.S. Air Force's "Hurricane Hunters" have flown inside the eye of Hurricane Melissa, capturing eerie footage of the historic storm that is expected to cause widespread devastation in Jamaica.