A group of Kansas travelers, including newlyweds on their honeymoon, are hunkered down at their resort on the north side of Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa approaches the island.

Longview newlyweds who were enjoying their honeymoon in Jamaica are now bracing for impact as Hurricane Melissa takes aim at the island, threatening to become the worst storm in the country’s history.

Texas newlyweds who were enjoying their honeymoon in Jamaica are now bracing for impact as Hurricane Melissa aims the island, threatening to become the worst storm in the country’s history.

The Advocate spoke with Stone Town, 21, a Louisiana newlywed trapped at a resort on Jamaica, over a shaky phone connection Tuesday around noon. At the same time, Melissa made landfall on the south shore.

Dr Lindsay added that while Jamaica has been lucky in the past, only catching the tail of some major storms, there now appears to be a trend of the country getting battered by a hurricane every 37 years - first with Hurricane Charlie in 1951 and then Gilbert in 1988.