A flight carrying British aid arrived in Jamaica early on Saturday to help with recovery efforts after Hurricane Melissa, as the UK plans its first chartered flight to bring British nationals home later on Saturday.
The aid flight brought more than 3,000 emergency shelter kits as part of a £7.5m regional emergency package.
Part of the funding will be used to match public donations up to £1m to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent - with King Charles and Queen Camilla among those who have donated.
Despite aid arriving in Jamaica in recent days, fallen trees and landslides have complicated distribution after Hurricane Melissa devastated parts of the island, killing at least 19 people.
The hurricane made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a category five storm and was one of the most powerful hurricanes ever measured in the Caribbean.
Melissa swept across the region over a number of days and left behind a trail of destruction and dozens of people dead. In Haiti, at least 30 people were killed, while Cuba also saw flooding and landslides.
Jamaica's Information Minister Dana Morris Dixon said on Friday 'there are entire communities that seem to be marooned and areas that seem to be flattened'.
The UK initially set aside a £2.5 million immediate financial support package, with an additional £5 million announced by Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper on Friday.
Cooper said the announcement came as 'more information is now coming through on the scale of devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, with homes damaged, roads blocked, and lives lost.'
The British Red Cross said the King and Queen's donation would help the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) 'continue its lifesaving work', which includes search and rescue efforts in Jamaica as well as ensuring access to healthcare, safe shelter, and clean water.
The Red Cross stated that, as of Saturday morning, 72% of people across Jamaica still do not have electricity and around 6,000 are in emergency shelters.
Until the Jamaican government can restore the broken electricity grid, generators distributed by aid agencies will be crucial.
In addition, the housing crisis necessitates the use of tarpaulins for temporary shelters.
With many in need of clean drinking water and basic food, desperation is growing, with reports of desperate individuals entering supermarkets for food.
The BBC has reported long queues at petrol stations, where people wait for hours to be told there is no fuel remaining.
Some individuals are seeking fuel for generators, while others hope to get it for vehicles to reach accessible areas.
The country's health minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton, described 'significant damage' across a number of hospitals, indicating that the Black River Hospital in St. Elizabeth is the most severely affected.
'That facility will have to be for now totally relocated in terms of services,' he said.
'The immediate challenge for impacted hospitals is to preserve accident and emergency services, as many are arriving with trauma-related injuries.'
Although aid is arriving, landslides, downed power lines, and fallen trees have made certain roads impassable.
However, some of the worst affected areas of Jamaica should finally receive some relief in the coming hours, with Global Empowerment Mission deploying a seven-truck convoy to Black River carrying humanitarian assistance.
Help is also coming in from other aid groups and foreign governments via helicopter.
Authorities assure that additional support is on the way, but the situation remains critical for the affected communities, with around 8,000 British nationals thought to have been on the island during the hurricane's impact.
The UK's first chartered flight to repatriate British citizens is set to depart from Kingston's Norman Manley International Airport later on Saturday, with the foreign office advising travelers to register and check with airlines for commercial options.
