The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) has launched a booking initiative that allows hotels across the region to help those who have been adversely impacted by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

The Government of the United States Virgin Islands is working to assess damage to the Territory following the passage of Hurricane Maria.

The Dominican Republic closed most of its ports ahead of Hurricane Maria, but the country’s 34,000-barrel-per-day refinery was still running, the government said on Wednesday.

The Airport Management Team of Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport informs all passengers that the airport is opened for traffic from 9 a.m. today 19 September.

With back-to-back storms ravaging some of their most booked destinations, travel agents fear what Hurricane Maria could mean for business, given Irma's destruction.

The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said it made landfall in Yabucoa in the east of the US territory, and now has strong winds of 140 mph (225 km/h).