Footage shows the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa after it hit Jamaica, causing widespread damage to homes and infrastructure. Melissa roared ashore near the country’s southwestern town of New Hope, packing sustained winds of up to 295km/h, according to the US National Hurricane Center. This is well above the minimum 252km/h wind speed of a Category 5 storm, the highest level on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale. In southwestern Jamaica, the parish of St Elizabeth was left “underwater,” an official s

WATCH: Tourists and residents in Jamaica surveyed widespread devastation after deadly Hurricane Melissa made landfall, causing severe damage to Hotel Catalonia in Montego Bay. | Fox News

This is what it was like when Hurricane Melissa hit Montego Bay, Jamaica, on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm with 185 mph winds. Video filmed inside the Dreams Rose Hall Resort and Spa shows the moments the vicious winds peeled off parts of the roof and left the hotel’s ceilings collapsed. Melissa was the strongest storm on record to hit the Caribbean island nation. | CBS News