Holidaymakers in Jamaica describe scenes inside emergency shelter as Hurricane Melissa wreaked havoc

Holidaymakers film from inside emergency shelter as Hurricane Melissa batters JamaicaReuters/STEVE AND WENDY SHIRK

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00:00It is 11.06 a.m. in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. We're getting ready to go down to the shelter.

00:06We were just expecting it to be sunshine and roses. We spent the night in the shelter last

00:11night and we could hear everyone sleeping and even the babies were asleep. And I mean,

00:16little babies around us and little children, everyone was asleep and it was peaceful in the

00:21shelter. And so that gave us peace. As far as the people here, the guests,

00:28they've been very cooperative. They've been very reassured. There's no panic. It's calm.

00:36I mean, I ain't never been through nothing like this before. So it's kind of scary trying to get

00:41back to my kids, but I guess we got to wait it out and hope for the best.