New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- Hurricane Melissa, which is raging through the Caribbean Sea, has now officially become a Category 5 hurricane. Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba are bracing for the devastating impact of this storm, which is the most powerful this region has seen since 1988, NBC reports.

The US National Hurricane Center has issued a warning for the people in Jamaica that says that from Monday, when the hurricane intensified into a Category 5 phenomenon, to Tuesday, people should stay sheltered. The hurricane is predicted to make landfall in the island nation on Tuesday, per NBC.

At 5 AM ET today, the storm's location was 130 miles southwest of Kingston, the capital of Jamaica. It was generating winds that were 160 miles per hour, NBC repor...