It is clear that wherever the eye of the hurricane hit, there would be devastating impacts”: Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness gives an update after a monster Category 5 hurricane hit the island with violent winds and torrential rain.

Out of many, one people. Kimisha Simpson says she’s confident that Jamaica’s national motto will rally the diaspora and others to help rebuild the island that was battered by Hurricane Melissa earlier this week.

Jamaican business owner Derron Wilson has started a GoFundMe to support friends and family back home. He hasn't heard from them in days following a direct hit from Hurricane Melissa.

Drone footage captured how a Jamaican fishing village was reduced to rubble in damage caused by Hurricane Melissa. Aerial video of Alligator Pond from Wednesday (October 29) shows how boats, homes, and other buildings close to the coast were impacted after the category 5 storm made landfall with sustained winds of 185mph.

Jamaican resident and former Jamaican politician Lisa Hanna, who is stuck in Florida, joins Chris Jansing to share what she is hearing from friends and family back home about the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.

NBC News' Tom Llamas spoke to Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness about the current state of the county as Hurricane Melissa makes landfall and how residents are being impacted.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in southwest Jamaica this week near the coastal town of Black River, which the government has described as “ground zero.”