Hurricane Melissa was the most powerful hurricane to lash the island since record-keeping began 174 years ago.

Royal Caribbean has changed several itineraries to remove Jamaica visits and more will likely be impacted in the next few weeks.

Pourmans on Water Street hosts Jamaica Hurricane Melissa relief fundraiser Wednesday, donating 10% of sales and collecting supplies for recovery efforts.

The Jamaican government has begun to reach the communities most devastated by Hurricane Melissa nearly a week after the historic storm made landfall and carved a path of immense destruction across

Grey Bull Rescue, a nonprofit based in Tampa and founded by veteran and humanitarian Bryan Stern, has already flown more than 353 Americans out of Jamaica after airports closed and roads washed away. Stern says when every route out was blocked, his team made the call to act.

"Seeing the videos and the photographs is one thing, but actually being there in person and seeing the damage is quite another," a local senator said. "It's heartbreaking."