‘Storm of the century’: Why Hurricane Melissa, heading towards Cuba after Jamaica, is so devastating

Hurricane Melissa, with wind speeds of nearly 300 kmph, peeled roofs off homes, swelled rivers and forced 77 per cent of Jamaicans to be without energy. And the worst is yet to come, as officials are still to make an assessment of the damage caused by what is now being called the ‘storm of the century’. The Category 4 storm is now making its way to Cuba, prompting large-scale evacuations