<P> In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Irma's path through the West Indies and Caribbean, the devastation to roads, harbors and airports significantly impeded the transportation and distribution of relief supplies . Foreign countries moved to provide much of the initial aid . The British, Dutch, French, and United States governments sent warships and planes with supplies and manpower to the region . International leaders, including Dutch King Willem - Alexander and French President Emmanuel Macron, quickly moved to visit affected territories . </P> <P> Some of the affected countries and territories also offered assistance to each other . Cuba, which sustained extensive damage from the storm, sent 750 health workers to Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, The Bahamas, Dominica, and Haiti . Government officials and members of the public in Puerto Rico delivered assistance and evacuated people stranded on other islands . The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services granted special 30 - day humanitarian visas for British Virgin Islanders to stay in Puerto Rico . Hundreds of people stranded on Saint Martin were flown to the Dominican Republic on humanitarian grounds . </P> <P> In response to Hurricane Jose's approach, the Government of Antigua and Barbuda issued a mandatory evacuation on September 9 for any remaining residents on Barbuda . A Miami cargo plane landed on Antigua later that day, carrying over 60 tons (120,000 lbs) of relief supplies for the displaced storm victims--including bottled water, canned food and power generators . </P> <P> RFA Mounts Bay stationed itself near Anguilla and provided support and relief work to the island with its helicopters and 40 marines and army engineers . The ship delivered 6 tonnes of emergency aid to Anguilla and army engineers repaired a fuel leak at Anguilla's main petrol dump, restored power to the island's hospital and provided shelters for those left homeless by the hurricane . The ship arrived in the British Virgin Islands on September 8, 2017 to provide emergency relief to the islands, including providing shelters, food and water . HMS Ocean was diverted from the Mediterranean to provide relief from Gibraltar to the affected British Overseas Territories of Anguilla, British Virgin Islands and Turks and Caicos on September 7, 2017, and aid is also being supplied by the Department for International Development from their disaster response centre at Kemble Airfield . As part of a £ 32 million operation named Operation Ruman, nearly 500 UK military personnel with emergency relief were dispatched from RAF Brize Norton . This included the first deployment of No. 38 Expeditionary Air Wing with 3 RAF aircraft; 2 Airbus A400M Atlas and 1 C130J hercules to support relief efforts . </P>

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