Hurricane Melissa made landfall on Cuba early Wednesday with catastrophic winds, flash flooding and storm surge expected on the island, forecasters said.

Hurricane Melissa’s death toll is rising as authorities assess the damage from the storm. At least 30 people were killed in Haiti, and at least 19 deaths have been reported in Jamaica, the Associated Press reports. New drone footage has revealed the scale of Hurricane Melissa’s destruction in a Jamaican fishing village.

Melissa is an “extremely dangerous” Category 3 hurricane plowing through Cuba after the storm made a historic landfall in Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. Follow for live updates.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall on Jamaica Tuesday and was unleashing extremely dangerous winds, flooding and storm surge on the land.

The US National Hurricane Centre says the category four storm is "extremely dangerous and life-threatening" as it hits the island.

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.