Aventura couple, other tourists forced to take shelter in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa makes landfall

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a powerful Category hurricane on Tuesday prompting several tourists on the island to shelter in place and prepare for the worst The monster storm is forecasted to bring catastrophic conditions and experts revealed up to million people across Jamaica would be directly impacted by Melissa One of those people is Aventura residents Jimmytre and Tyiesha Museau who tell News they arrived in Jamaica for a work-related trip and had to run for cover with hundreds of others like them once Melissa was too near for them to leave Everybody is just scared and we re all just tryna make it out noted Jimmytre They proved News the shelter where they are riding out the storm along with people This is the convention center Everyone is lined up trying to get shelter declared Jimmytre They say the resort where they were initially staying didn t provide any relief for tourists stranded on the island forcing various to find safety elsewhere We had two options either to pay or to leave the property revealed Jimmytre He revealed that while inside the convention center emotions were heightened One video shared by the Museaus from inside the shelter shows a woman raising her voice at another person It s unclear what the argument was about The assurance and one of the coast guards came in to authentically give us certain updates to try to help people calm down stated Jimmytre However hours after first speaking with News Jimmytre stated all people had to evacuate the shelter when the roof began to lift due to the strong winds On another side of the island Kristin Morgan is also sheltering in place as she unveiled herself with no way back to Atlanta after arriving in Jamaica for a wedding We would book a flight and the flight would be canceled We would book another flight and it would be canceled she declared Morgan says she has a flight back home on Wednesday but with planes grounded and airports closed she knows she most of likely won t be able to leave As long as we get there safe I m happy with it But it s looking like it s going to be Friday or Saturday she declared As she awaits the reopening of airports Morgan says she feels safe where she is staying Outside of the winds pounding against the windows I feel relatively safe she stated Morgan disclosed this isn t her first hurricane that she s had to ride out Unfortunately I was caught in the Hurricane Katrina portion in Miami back in and it reminds me it s bringing me back Tierra Thomas a Miami resident also stuck in Jamaica tells News she s not worried but was already feeling the effects of Melissa Stuff is everywhere This is the hallway and we have tiles in front of our doors because water is starting to come in reported Thomas She presented News the views from her resort The strong winds had knocked down signs and several trees Now it s getting real that s all I can say explained Thomas Thomas stated she s grateful she s still able to have electricity and Wi-Fi while she says several of her friends can t say the same I guess I lucked out in the department because we have chosen friends who left the hotel to go to Montego Bay so that they don t get stuck over here with all the debris and they didn t have any electricity since Monday morning she disclosed Thomas says the hotel is giving guests water and food and she has been stocking up since the weekend I was there for Andrew so I m used to hurricanes I m not afraid of them but I ain t ever been surrounded by water mentioned Thomas While all stranded tourists are waiting out the storm they all say they can t wait to get home safely Jamaican leaders say tourists are sheltering on the island as of Tuesday