United Kingdom to flight out Britons out of Jamaica

The UK government has chartered flights to help British nationals leave Jamaica in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. As many as 8,000 Britons are understood to be on the Caribbean island. The Foreign Office has urged them to register their presence to receive updates on the disaster response.The rare category five storm – the strongest type made landfall on Jamaica on Tuesday, leaving a trail of destruction, flooding and dozens of people dead as it moved through the Caribbean. Jamaica’s Transport Minister Daryl Vaz said on Wednesday that some airports – including Norman Manley in Kingston would initially open for humanitarian relief flights only. Some commercial flights from the capital, Kingston, are scheduled to begin operating again on Thursday. Has Jamaica failed in disaster response ?