Jamaica braces for Category 5 Hurricane Melissa while travelers debate safety and ethics. KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Category 5 cyclone is tearing toward Jamaica, and the looming danger has touched off an online firestorm over whether travelers should be anywhere near the island right now.

Kingston, Jamaica braces for Hurricane Melissa; what UK and other travelers need to know about airport closures, shelter orders and FCDO guidance.

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaican capital awoke to pounding surf, howling winds and an anxious tourist population as Hurricane Melissa roared ashore near the south-western community of New Hope with sustained winds of 185 mph, making it the strongest Atlantic landfall of the year and one of the most powerful on record.