LONDON (Reuters) -Britain said on Wednesday it was deploying 2.5 million pounds ($3.36 million) in emergency humanitarian funding to assist the Caribbean region’s recovery from Hurricane Melissa, with targeted support for Jamaica.

The aid package includes the rapid delivery of shelter kits, water filters, and blankets to help prevent injury and disease outbreaks, the government said.

Emergency supplies had been positioned in Antigua to allow swift deployment to affected areas, it said, adding that British humanitarian and technical experts were being deployed to the region to assist with the coordination and delivery of aid.

Hurricane Melissa slammed into Cuba early on Wednesday, hours after causing devastation in Jamaica as the strongest-ever storm on record to hit that Caribbean islan

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