In response to serious damage caused by bad weather in the Eastern Caribbean on Christmas Eve, the European Commission’s Department of Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) has released more than €300,000 (US$408,000) to bring relief to the population most affected by floods.
“Damage in the Eastern Caribbean has been very significant, mainly because the Low Level Trough System unexpectedly occurred outside the Atlantic Hurricane Season. The European Commission wants to help the emergency relief effort with this immediate allocation of aid,” said Jocelyn Lance, Head of the ECHO Caribbean Office.
On 24 December 2013 severe rains and high winds struck due to an unexpected Low Level Trough System and caused severe floods, landslides and damage in
