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Douglas-Charles Airport, Dominica, 20 Sept 2017.

Colonel Gareth Walker (right), of the Royal Engineers, and disaster response experts from the Department for International Development and the United Nations, talk to Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit on arrival at Douglas-Charles airport in Dominica on the morning after hurricane Maria caused widespread devastation on the island.

The Caribbean island of Dominica was devasted by category 5 hurricane Maria on Sept 19th, and the Prime Minister of the country, Roosevelt Skerrit requested emergency international assistance. The UK already had military aircraft in the region responding to the damaged caused by Hurricane Irma.

A Chinook helicopter from 27 Squadron RAF was tasked to take a needs assessment team to the island on 20 September, made up of expert Royal Engineers, humanitarian advisors from the Department for International Development and the United Nations, and members of the Caribbean Disasters & Emergencies Management Agency (CDEMA). The team was the first international assistance mission to arrive on the island after the hurricane.

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Source Colonel Gareth Walker (right), of the Royal Engineers, and disaster response experts from DFID and the United Nations, talk to Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit on arrival in Dominica the day after hurricane Maria
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