Ike Ejiochi is on the on the ground in Jamaica, where Hurricane Melissa, the strongest storm ever recorded to hit the island made landfall as a Category 5 storm with winds up to 185 mph, Ginger Zee tracks the powerful system as it makes its way towards Cuba; Mary Bruce reports on the U.S. military strike in the Pacific on four suspected drug boats killing at least 14 people; Mola Lenghi has details from authorities on their urgent search for six ‘aggressive’ research monkeys that escaped from a crashed truck in Mississippi; and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir.

Clarification: Tulane University says the missing monkeys are not carrying infectious diseases as previously reported. 

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