Jamaica's Hurricane Melissa clean-up challenge is 'overwhelming', Sean Paul says

The Grammy-winning reggae singer says the storm was "very frightening, especially for my young kids".

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The Grammy-winning reggae singer said the category five storm was "very frightening, especially for my young kids".

"That's the first time they've seen trees dance like that and the wind move like that," he told BBC News. "They're in shock still, and traumatised. And can you imagine the children who are in the epicentre of it? It feels like you're in the Middle Ages."

Winds of up to 185mph (295 km/h) caused at least 28 deaths. Paul and his family were in the capital Kingston, while areas further west suffered the greatest damage.

The singer said: "It is really difficult to bear. We weren't hit in Kingston very hard, but it was frightening. And you're wondering, at any minute now is there going to be, you know, some tree that comes along and slaps your roof off?