Freeport, Long Island native Winthrop Wellington is running out of time to protect his family-owned beach resort, and its 30 stranded hotel guests and staff along the famous seven-mile beach in Negril,

Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica Tuesday with ferocious winds and torrential rains, the most powerful storm ever to hit the island. The Category 5 storm left four people dead, reduced homes to rubbles,

Melissa tore through the Caribbean as one of the most powerful storms in history, slamming Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane earlier this week.