The UK will provide an additional £5m in emergency humanitarian funding to help the Caribbean region recover from Hurricane Melissa, the government has said.

The additional funding follows a £2.5 million support package announced earlier this week, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ( FCDO ) said.

The funds will be used to deliver humanitarian aid to people whose homes were damaged and those left without electricity.

The package also includes more than 3,000 shelter kits and 1,500 solar-powered lanterns.

Image: A drone view shows the scale of devastation in Jamaica after the hurricane. Pic: Reuters

A proportion of the money - up to the value of £1 million - will go toward matching public donations and will be handed to the International Federation of Red Cross and Re

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