Over the last 24 hours, Hurricane Melissa barreled across Jamaica before slamming into Cuba overnight, bringing damaging winds, flash flooding and landslides to both countries.

Hurricane Melissa will leave Cuba and sweep through the Bahamas today, then Bermuda late tomorrow with strong winds, heavy rain and coastal flooding following its historic Category 5 landfall in Jamai...

'This can become a true humanitarian crisis very quickly, and there is likely going to be the need for a lot of international support,' Porter said in a phone interview.