The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) updated its Jamaica travel advice at 18:00 BST on 25 October, warning that Hurricane Melissa is expected to make landfall within 24 hours and could dump up to 700 mm of rain, generate four-metre storm surges and winds of 135 mph. Kingston’s Norman Manley International Airport will close from 20:00 local time, with Montego Bay and other gateways likely to follow.
British nationals already in Jamaica are asked to register on the government’s ‘Register Your Presence’ portal to receive consular updates and assist rapid-deployment teams being positioned in the region. Airlines have begun waiving rebooking fees for passengers due to depart the UK over the weekend, but seat availability out of Jamaica is now extremely limited.
Corporate security advisers recommend that employers track assignees and business travellers through traveller-tracking tools and ensure contingency cash is on hand in case of prolonged power outages. Firms with supply-chain links through Kingston harbour should anticipate port closures and communicate with freight forwarders about diversion options via Miami or Panama.
Insurers remind travellers that ignoring FCDO ‘all but essential travel’ warnings may invalidate cover. Mobility managers should therefore review policies for employees due to relocate and consider delaying deployments until the storm passes and critical infrastructure assessments are complete.
With climate-related events increasingly disrupting mobility, companies are urged to embed real-time government advisory feeds into travel-approval workflows so that trip authorisers receive automatic alerts when advice changes.
British nationals already in Jamaica are asked to register on the government’s ‘Register Your Presence’ portal to receive consular updates and assist rapid-deployment teams being positioned in the region. Airlines have begun waiving rebooking fees for passengers due to depart the UK over the weekend, but seat availability out of Jamaica is now extremely limited.
Corporate security advisers recommend that employers track assignees and business travellers through traveller-tracking tools and ensure contingency cash is on hand in case of prolonged power outages. Firms with supply-chain links through Kingston harbour should anticipate port closures and communicate with freight forwarders about diversion options via Miami or Panama.
Insurers remind travellers that ignoring FCDO ‘all but essential travel’ warnings may invalidate cover. Mobility managers should therefore review policies for employees due to relocate and consider delaying deployments until the storm passes and critical infrastructure assessments are complete.
With climate-related events increasingly disrupting mobility, companies are urged to embed real-time government advisory feeds into travel-approval workflows so that trip authorisers receive automatic alerts when advice changes.
