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Jamaica is already seeing flight cancellations from Tampa and Orlando in Florida as Category 5 Hurricane Milton makes its way to the state.
Hurricane Milton headed toward Florida's battered Gulf Coast as an enormous Category 5 storm yesterday.
It is expected to make landfall later today.
Delano Seiveright, Senior Advisor and Strategist in the Ministry of Tourism told Radio Jamaica News that he was expecting flight cancellations from airports in the affected areas.
Mr Seiveright added that the ministry will continue to monitor the impact of the hurricane and the severity of the disruptions it may cause.
Evacuation
Hurricane Milton triggered massive traffic jams and fuel shortages on Tuesday as officials ordered more than a million people to flee before it slams into the Tampa Bay area.
Milton, which exploded on Monday into one of the most intense Atlantic hurricanes on record, was forecast to make landfall late today or early tomorrow, threatening a stretch of Florida's densely populated west coast still reeling from the devastating Hurricane Helene less than two weeks ago.
A direct hit on the bay would be the first since 1921, when the now-sprawling Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area was a relative backwater.
Today it is home to more than three million people.
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor warned people against riding out the storm, calling Helene a mere wakeup call.
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