Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica, its most powerful on record.
The plan is we will enter the inner room, barricade ourselves in there.
Farms are all devastated, the crops will be wiped out, so we're going to have shortages.
Welcome to World Business Report from the BBC World Service.
I'm Sam Fennick, flights have been grounded,
holiday resorts emptied and coastal businesses battered.
It's a major blow to Jamaica's tourism-driven economy at the height of the travel season.
And in Japan, as Donald Trump continues his Asia tour,
new deals have been done to secure the critical minerals that power modern technology.
So Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica.
With winds close to 300 kilometres an hour,
it's one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic.
Authorities are warning of catastrophic flooding and the US National Hurricane Centre says the now category 4 storm is extremely dangerous and life-threatening.
Hurricane Melissa came on shore about 75 miles west of where we are,
but it is taking hours to cross this island.
Incredibly strong winds, heavy,
heavy rain and now not surprisingly flooding also a very big concern.
Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica with winds up to 185 miles per hour and heavy rains.
Dean Jones builds and sells properties on the island's north coast for a company called Jamaica Homes.
I spoke to him just 10 minutes after Melissa struck Jamaica's western coast.