A travel agent has told how she is trying to help a client stranded in Jamaica while on holiday herself in South Africa more than 7,500 miles away.
Hurricane Melissa is currently travelling over eastern Cuba after making landfall (Credit: BBC Weather)
Cat Sanders, owner of Over the Moon Escapes, lost contact with a client at Riu Negril while trying to help them evacuate the island.
Sanders, who is touring South Africa’s Garden Route, told TTG she had this morning stopped at a petrol station to try and contact her client.
“They were due to fly home on Sunday, before the storm was due,” she said. “On Sunday morning I called Tui, who were adamant they were going to be flying home that day".
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