Watch: Aftermath of Hurricane Melissa as Montego Bay devastated

Hurricane Melissa has left Jamaica devastated with residents of Montego Bay waking up to the aftermath of the category five storm.

Roughly three-quarters of the island is without power and many parts of its western side are under water, with homes destroyed by strong winds after the hurricane tore across the island with catastrophic force.

Richard Vernon, the mayor of Montego Bay, a town on the north-west coast of Jamaica, told the BBC his first task at daybreak would be "to check if everybody is alive".