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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Natricia Duncan Caribbean correspondent

Caribbean leaders call for ‘Marshall plan’ to help rebuild after Hurricane Beryl

A man and a woman look into her destroyed bedroom in a house that is missing its roof
Hurricane Beryl demolished more than 90% of buildings in parts of Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). Photograph: Lucanus Ollivierre/AP

Caribbean leaders struggling to raise hundreds of millions after Hurricane Beryl wiped out entire islands have asked the UK government to back a “Marshall plan” to rebuild their devastated countries.

The hurricane, which made landfall in the Caribbean on 1 July, killed at least 11 people, demolished more than 90% of buildings in parts of Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and left thousands homeless and without running water, electricity and food.

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