Cayman residents encouraged to prepare for Hurricane Season
With the first month of the Hurricane season past without incident to the Cayman Islands, officials continue to encourage residents to have hurricane supplies and plans ready in preparation for the season. Director General at the Cayman Islands National Weather…
Cayman: Passport Office on preparing for Hurricane Season
28 June 2022 – The Passport and Corporate Services Office (P&CSO) urges all residents to ensure that travel documents are valid and secured, in preparation for this hurricane season. Residents are advised that travel documents cannot be issued when weather…
Cayman: Public to prepare for Hurricane Season
By: Hannah Reid Ahead of the start of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season on 1 June, Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HMCI) and the Cayman Islands National Weather Service (CINWS) are encouraging the public to be prepared, have a plan, and monitor…
Cayman: PWD/NRA teams prepare for Hurricane Season
Organisers Address Inspection Teams The Public Works Department (PWD) and National Roads Authority (NRA) completed their 34th consecutive joint hurricane preparedness exercise on Wednesday, 5 May 2021. Hurricane Shuttering Exercise Horizontal Line Up of Cars 050521 Teams testing for overall…
Strengthening regional readiness – Caribbean prepares for 2019 Hurricane Season
REPORT from International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies ♪ Water come inna mi roomHuh huh!Mi sweep out some with mi broomDi likkle dog laugh to see such funAnd di dish run away with the spoon ♪ It was…
Caribbean 2017 Hurricane Season: an evidence-based assessment of the Early Warning System
From Relief Web REPORT from World Meteorological Organization Foreword The 2017 hurricane season in the Caribbean was unprecedented. High-powered, high impact hurricanes, including Irma and Maria, left a path of destruction, infrastructure damage and casualties in more than a dozen territories…
Caribbean: PAHO signs agreement with Development Bank to focus on mental health ahead of Hurricane Season
From teleSUR TV “Strengthening social and individual resilience is, and always should be, a key component of any response to disasters,” said Monica La Bennett. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) have signed an accord…
2018 Hurricane Message from Cayman Islands’ Premier
2018 Hurricane Message By Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin, MBE, JP, MLA Hurricane Season is upon us once again and it is my prayer that we keep in mind the many lessons we have learned over the years as major storms…
Another brutal Hurricane Season in store for the Caribbean, U.S. and Canada this 2018
By Eul Basa From NARCITY Brace yourselves. After a devastating 2017 hurricane season which featured three of the costliest tropical systems in history, meteorologists predict that 2018 will be just as nightmarish. Researchers at the Colorado State University have released their preliminary…