Melissa will make history in Jamaica with landfall soon, packing catastrophic flooding, landslides and destructive winds. It will then target eastern Cuba and the southeast Bahamas. Here's the very latest forecast.

The maps you need to follow and track Hurricane Melissa and stay up-to-date on the current threats are all here.

Watch as hurricane hunters fly into the eye of Hurricane Melissa. This is the view from Teal 74’s mission into the now Category 5 storm as it churns towards the island of Jamaica. This is one of the most defined eyes ever captured in the Atlantic basin.

Jamaica is bracing for potentially its strongest storm to ever impact the island, as the slow-moving, major Category 5 hurricane closes in.

Jamaica is an island nation accustomed to hurricane dangers but most have never experienced a hurricane as powerful and dangerous as Melissa. This hurricane will make landfall as a Category 5 and that has many Jamaicans taking this storm seriously, preparing for the worst and warning other residents to do the same.