KINGSTON, Jamaica — Telecommunications company FLOW said it will be providing support to markets impacted by Hurricane Irma even as the region anticipates further onslaught by other weather systems.

“We are certainly not out of the woods yet, as Hurricane Irma remains right on our doorsteps while Hurricane Jose bears down on us. This is a massive challenge particularly for those already devastated households and businesses, who have not even had a chance to fully assess the damage caused by Irma,” C&W Communications Caribbean President, Garfield Sinclair said.

Sinclair urged everyone to “stay safe first, do your best to keep in touch with friends, family and neighbours and most of all heed the warnings issued by the Disaster Management Authorities.”

“Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our affected Caribbean communities is always our top priority. Many of our own colleagues have experienced significant personal loss, along with significant damage to their homes and properties and we are still in the process of assessing the damage to our networks and facilities across the markets,” he added.

“Despite these extremely debilitating circumstances however, there have also been incredibly inspiring examples of a steely resolve to rebuild lives and communities in the shortest possible time. For example, immediately following the hurricane our staff in Anguilla rallied together and opened up our store to issue mobile credit from our shop windows way into the night, to enable Anguillans to contact their families and friends locally and abroad. Similarly, our colleagues in BVI, who also experienced significant damage to their homes, were on hand to open our Flemming Street Store – itself badly damaged – to give residents access to our Wi-Fi services and issue mobile credit to allow them to contact loved ones.

“Our restoration efforts have already begun and Antigua has been set up as our main staging area to expedite the delivery of relief supplies. We will continue to provide further updates to customers regarding office closures in affected markets, particularly in Antigua & Barbuda, Anguilla, Montserrat, British Virgin Islands and St Kitts & Nevis which are currently bracing for the onslaught of the second powerful Hurricane in less than two weeks,” Sinclair said.