Category 5 Hurricane Melissa sped up early Tuesday, Oct. 28, making landfall at New Hope, Jamaica around 1 p.m., bringing catastrophic winds and flooding as the strongest storm — and only Category 5 hurricane — ever recorded in the nation’s history.

Hurricane Melissa intensified into a powerful Category 5 storm and remained on track to slam Jamaica with a destructive storm surge, damaging winds and life-threatening flash flooding.

The rain is expected to come to an end on Friday, Halloween. An early look at the Friday forecast shows a chance of rain before 2 p.m. The day is expected to be partly sunny, with a high near 55. The Chance of precipitation is 30%. Friday night is expected to be partly cloudy, with a low around 39.