Kingston (Jamaica), 27 October (LaPresse/AP) – Hurricane Melissa has intensified to become a category 5 hurricane as it approaches Jamaica. According to forecasts, Melissa will reach the island tomorrow and then move on to Cuba and the Bahamas until Wednesday. Melissa is centred about 205 kilometres south-southwest of Kingston, Jamaica, and about 505 kilometres south-southwest of Guantanamo, Cuba, according to the US National Hurricane Centre in Miami. Maximum sustained winds are 260 km/h, and it is moving westward at 6 km/h. Category 5 is the highest on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with sustained winds exceeding 250 km/h. Melissa is the strongest hurricane in recent history to directly hit the small Caribbean nation.