Hurricane Melissa is now offshore of east Cuba. With sustained winds of 100mph (160km/h), it means Melissa is a category two hurricane. The storm is now moving at about 15mph (24km/h) and may continue to accelerate.

The scale of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa is emerging, with dozens of people known to have died in Haiti and four deaths reported in Jamaica - and the storm is now approaching the Bahamas.

Hurricane Melissa exploded Monday into a Category 5 monster, threatening more than 25 million people across Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba. The powerful storm is expected to make landfall on Jamaica Tuesday morning, though its outer bands had already begun unleashing fierce winds and rain on the island.

Catastrophic’ storm kills over 30 in the Caribbean as it moves through the Bahamas - Hurricane Melissa is expected to move across the Bahamas on Wednesday evening