Government charters flights to help Britons leave Jamaica after hurricane

Residents stand on the wreckage of a house destroyed by Hurricane Melissa in Santa Cruz, Jamaica (Matias Delacroix/AP) - (AP)

The Government has chartered flights to help British nationals leave Jamaica in the wake of Hurricane Melissa.

British nationals should use commercial flights as their first port of call to leave the country, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said.