Tonight on 360, Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest ever measured with sustained winds of 175

miles an hour headed straight at Jamaica. We'll take you there.

Also, with the government shut down, how 42 million Americans are now at risk of losing the food stamps they rely on.

And later, is President Trump trolling or something more? He, again not rule out seeking a third term just days after his former top strategist

says he will have one and tells Americans to get used to it.

Good evening, thanks for joining us.

We've just gotten the National Hurricane Center's latest bulletin on what is now the strongest

storm on the planet this year. Hurricane Melissa.

And behind that enormous spiral of Category 5 winds is the Caribbean Island of Jamaica.

Now this is what it looked like from one of the Hurricane Hunter flights to penetrate the eye.

It was said, or it was, I should say, said a meteorologist on board one of the most turbulent rides ever. It's an extraordinary

image. The government shutdown, by the way, means that the crews are working without paychecks.

The storm is now packing sustained winds of 175 miles an hour, bringing it a potential 17-foot storm

surge and could dump as much as 40 inches of rain on Jamaica. Now, according to a government

official, three people have already died making storm preparations. Jamaica's prime minister joins us

shortly before a CNN meteorologist, Derek Van Dam, live from Kingston tonight. So, Derek, how are

things right now? All right, Anderson, so the rain has been picking up in earnest through the course of the day today.

We've had very little wind to really speak of here in the nation's capital, population of about a million people, but we know what's coming.

Kingston is surrounded by mountains, and that is going to make the potential of catastrophic flash flooding and landslides

one of the bigger concerns for this nation's capital. Further west where we anticipate the

landfall to be, it'll be more of a catastrophic wind event. National Hurricane Center using

terminology like communities being cut off for days with widespread power and communication

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