Thousands of British tourists remain stranded in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history, wreaked havoc on the Caribbean island.As many as 8,000 British citizens are in the country, with people ordered to stay inside to avoid the world's strongest storm of the year so far, which left "catastrophic winds" and "flash flooding" in its wake.

Thousands of British tourists remain stranded in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history, wreaked havoc on the Caribbean island.As many as 8,000 British citizens are in the country, with people ordered to stay inside to avoid the world's strongest storm of the year so far, which left "catastrophic winds" and "flash flooding" in its wake.