Category 5 Hurricane Melissa has wreaked havoc on Jamaica, significantly impacting the country’s airports and the potential for aid.

The UK government has chartered flights to help British nationals leave Jamaica in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. As many as 8,000 Britons are understood to be on the Caribbean island. The Foreign Office has urged them to register their presence to receive updates on the disaster response.

As flights from the Caribbean continued to land in South Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, CBS News Miami caught up with a man who was on the other side of the doors, waiting for someone special.

Agape Flights in Venice has their supplies already ready to bring to people in Jamaica, but crews are still waiting to get the okay from authorities to fly out to the island.

Emergency water systems and medical teams deployed to Jamaica following Category 5 Hurricane Melissa with additional Samaritan's Purse relief flights planned.

Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica, was set to reopen to relief flights on Thursday, but not to commercial flights yet, so many tourists and Jamaicans were disappointed to have to turn back.

As Jamaica works to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, Agape Flights is doing everything it can to help those on the ground, some of whom lost everything.

# Tribune Staff Reporters A BAHAMIAN woman stranded in Jamaica has accused Bahamasair of abandoning passengers after cancelling flights with little notice, saying the airline failed to do enough to evacuate citizens before Hurricane Melissa struck.