Caribbean officials are demanding more access to funding and help in fighting climate change just weeks after Hurricane Beryl devastated the region.

The leaders of small Caribbean island nations on Thursday said that financial damages wrought by Hurricane Beryl would run beyond their capacities and urged lenders to ease financing costs to address the worsening impacts of climate change.

Caribbean officials on Friday (Jul 12) demanded more access to funding and help in fighting climate change, weeks after Hurricane Beryl devastated the region. The urgent request was made at an OAS meeting in Washington,

Officials say people in the southeast Caribbean urgently need food, water and shelter nearly two weeks after Hurricane Beryl crushed the region as a Category 4 storm.