UN to Provide 12.4 Billion KRW Aid to Caribbean Region Affected by Hurricane Beryl

Used for Life Rescue, Housing, and Food Support

The United Nations has launched efforts to secure humanitarian aid funding to recover from the damage caused by the ultra-powerful Hurricane Beryl, which struck the Caribbean region on June 1-2.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced in a press release on June 11 (local time) that it is working to raise $9 million (approximately 12.4 billion KRW) in humanitarian aid funds for the areas affected by Hurricane Beryl, which rapidly intensified at the end of last month.

Earlier, Beryl swept through the Caribbean region on June 1-2, damaging thousands of homes and causing at least seven deaths.

However, the areas eligible to receive humanitarian aid funds are limited to the Caribbean islands of Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, which suffered the greatest damage from Beryl.

OCHA reported that more than 43,000 residents in these two areas urgently need humanitarian assistance. The emergency funds will be used for rapid life-saving efforts, resolving housing issues, and providing food and medical support.

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Simon Springett, OCHA Resident Coordinator for the Caribbean region, said, "We must meet the desperate relief requests of people who lost both their homes and livelihoods overnight."

Meanwhile, Beryl, which started as a tropical storm, developed into a Category 4 hurricane?the second strongest level?on May 30, and then intensified to the most powerful Category 5 on June 1. On June 2, its maximum wind speed reached 270 km/h.

Striking the Caribbean as an ultra-powerful hurricane, Beryl passed through the Gulf of Mexico and made landfall in Texas, USA. Although it weakened to Category 1, as of June 8, it caused two deaths and power outages affecting 1.5 million households in Texas before weakening further to a tropical storm.

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