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<p>The UK provided over £196m in response to the devastating hurricanes in September
2017 in the Caribbean. In preparation for this year’s hurricane season, the Department
for International Development (DFID), the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Ministry
of Defence have coordinated response plans to support British Overseas Territories
and independent Commonwealth countries in the Caribbean. RFA Mounts Bay is in the
region with helicopter airlift capacity and stocks of humanitarian relief items. UK
supplies have also been pre-positioned on the island of Antigua. In addition the Secretary
of State for International Development has instructed the department to ensure that
any response to the impact of hurricanes in the British Overseas Territories and independent
Commonwealth countries in the Caribbean will have a priority call on our reserves.</p><p>
</p><p>DFID is providing expertise to the Caribbean Disaster and Emergency Management
Agency (CDEMA) and national disaster offices in our partner countries. DFID also supported
establishment of a multinational response coordination centre within CDEMA. In the
longer term, the UK is investing over £360m in disaster resilient infrastructure across
the Caribbean.</p>
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