Military efforts to help deal with the aftermath of hurricane in the Caribbean have been stepped up more than 700 British personnel have been deployed as well as police officers to help with looting h.m.s. Ocean has been diverted to Gibraltar where it s preparing to leave for the Caribbean tomorrow Tim Cooper has been on boat sailors and Royal Marines carry stalls on to this vessel she s here unexpectedly getting rid of the kitschy had needed mission restocking for this new mission in the Atlantic. The crew. The crew quickly reacted you know we re looking forward to getting out there. As much as possible and. It s been a mammoth effort from everybody on board h.m.s. Ocean and in Gibraltar and across the broader defense world to put this package together hurrican meanwhile has weakened and has being downgraded to a tropical storm but forecast is say it s winds are still dangerous people in Georgia Alabama and Tennessee and now waiting for the hit and flooding is expected Major Richard