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Rosie Shead

British tourist ‘completely let down’ by UK’s response to Hurricane Melissa

David Rowe with his family in Jamaica before flying home early (David Rowe/PA) - (PA Media)

A British man who paid £3,500 for last-minute flights home from Jamaica because of Hurricane Melissa said he feels “completely let down” by the UK Government’s response to the storm.

Melissa hit south-western Jamaica near New Hope with sustained winds of 185mph on Tuesday, making it “one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin” the US National Hurricane Centre in Miami said.

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