Immediate financial support package of £2.5 million provided by UK Government to support Jamaica as hurricane Melissa continues through the island.

UK relief supplies and technical experts deployed to assist with disaster response and recovery.

FCDO’s humanitarian support comes as one of the most severe storms in Caribbean history crosses the region.

The UK Government is mobilising £2.5m in emergency humanitarian funding to support the Caribbean region’s recovery from the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa.

This funding will support a rapid humanitarian response, including the delivery of emergency supplies such as shelter kits, water filters, and blankets, to help prevent injury, and disease outbreaks.

These emergency relief supplies have already been prepositioned in Antigua to

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