The United States stands prepared to provide immediate humanitarian assistance to Cuba following the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Melissa, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday.

Government officials have announced that the United States is sending rescue and response teams, along with critical lifesaving supplies in order to alleviate the humanitarian crisis that Category 5 Melissa caused in the Caribbean.

The United Cajun Navy's deployment to Jamaica marks the first time the nonprofit organization has provided aid outside of the United States.

Melissa is the first major natural disaster to hit the Caribbean since the Trump administration dismantled USAID, typically the lead agency in responding with foreign hurricane assistance.

Melissa is not expected to make landfall in Florida or the U.S. The powerful storm is expected to make landfall on the island nation of Jamaica Tuesday morning. At 2 p.m., Melissa has maximum sustained winds of 165 mph with higher gusts. Melissa is a dangerously powerful Category 5 hurricane.

Western and central portions of Arizona could see flooding impacts from Priscilla beginning on Thursday, Oct. 9, according to a post on X from the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Flagstaff, Ariz. The impacts are expected to continue through Friday, Oct. 10, and “potentially” into the weekend.

Hurricane Melissa, which struck Jamaica as one of the most powerful storms ever recorded, was made four times more likely because of human-caused climate change, a rapid analysis said Wednesday. Warming caused mainly by burning fossil fuels increased both the likelihood and intensity of the devastating Category 5 hurricane,

Hurricane Sandy devastated Jamaica before turning north and hitting the East Coast of the United States. Shaun Donovan, the chair of the Obama administration's Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force, joins "The Daily Report" to discuss the approach to rebuilding after devastation.