KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC—Taiwan says it can donate US$200,000 to help St. Vincent and the Grenadines after Hurricane Beryl hit the nation on Monday.
“At this tragic time, Taiwan Ambassador Fiona Huei-Chun Fan expressed solidarity and profound sympathy with the folks and authorities of St. Vincent and the Grenadines,” the Taiwan Embassy in Kingstown stated.
“Taiwan stands firmly and prepared to supply help to offer an emergency aid grant as humanitarian support for the restoration and reconstruction efforts,” the assertion stated, including that President Lai Ching-te had reaffirmed the nation’s “friendship and solidarity with St. Vincent and the Grenadines throughout this difficult time, in addition to prayers for a swift restoration.”
St. Vincent and the Grenadines is amongst a handful of Caribbean Group (CARICOM) nations that get pleasure from diplomatic relations with Taiwan, which China regards as a renegade province. China has been asking the worldwide neighborhood to stick to its “One China” coverage as a substitute.
On Monday, Hurricane Beryl handed between St Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada with most sustained winds of over 140 miles per hour (mph). It landed on Grenada’s Carriacou island as a class 4 storm, intensifying later to class 5.
The hurricane has left not less than two folks useless and complete unfold injury to buildings right here, particularly within the Southern Grenadines.
Hurricane Beryl is the primary hurricane on file to achieve the very best degree of 5 so early within the 12 months, although it later returned to 4.
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