Britain’s response to Hurricane Irma has been “found wanting”, the heads of two parliamentary committees have said.
Many of those affected in the UK’s overseas territories in the Caribbean are still in “grave need”, Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat and Labour MP Stephen Twigg said.
The UK has stepped up its relief effort, with three RAF aid flights sent to the area.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said the UK’s response had been “very good”.
Responding to criticisms, he highlighted the fact that UK military ship RFA Mounts Bay had been in the region, adding “you had to deal with hurricane winds blowing through”.
“So it was difficult to deliver helicopters and deliver planes in the way the islanders would’ve wanted.”
Irma has caused huge damage in the British overseas territories of Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and the Turks and Caicos islands further north.
