The UK has helped with the restoration of electricity on the British Virgin Islands. It is part of the ongoing recovery operation following Hurricane Irma. The storm and flooding cut electricity throughout the islands, knocking out vital communications infrastructure. British military troops along with logisticians from the Department for International Development (DFID) helped restore power […]

A team from UK Power Networks is heading to Anguilla tomorrow to help restore electricity after Hurricane Irma. The six-member team from the power distribution company will help plan how to rebuild the storm-ravaged island. The company says a whole new network of overhead cables need to be installed to get the lights back on […]

The UK has sent around 5,000 solar lanterns to those affected by Hurricane Irma. Last Friday, more than 20 tonnes of UK aid supplies, including solar lanterns were loaded at the Department for International Development’s (DFID) Disaster Response Centre at Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire. Hurricane Irma has left thousands of people homeless in the Caribbean and […]