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Bridgetown, Barbados November 16th, 2020 (CDEMA) – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and interCaribbean Airways Ltd. officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today, establishing a mutual agreement for the movement of relief personnel and supplies, necessary for providing an immediate coordinated response to regional disasters. The official signing was facilitated at a virtual event with Ms Elizabeth Riley, Executive Director (ag), CDEMA and Mr. Lyndon Gardiner, Chairman interCaribbean Airways Ltd.

Bridgetown, Barbados November 12th, 2020 (CDEMA) – The Caribbean Risk Information System (CRIS) platform was officially launched on November 12, 2020, by CDEMA, to fulfil its mandate of enhanced knowledge management in the Caribbean. The CRIS was designed to serve as the ‘one stop shop’ for hosting a wealth of information, contributing to the evidenced based decision making processes to build disaster resilient states and promote sustainable development in the region.

Bridgetown, Barbados October 27th, 2020 (CDEMA) – The CDEMA Regional Training Centre (RTC) in collaboration with UNICEF concluded a series of short online courses in ‘Child Protection in Emergencies’, ‘Education in Emergencies’ and ‘Shock Responsive Social Protection’. The courses were offered between October 14 and 22, 2020 with participants from across the national disaster management mechanisms in CDEMA’s Participating States.

National Hurricane Centre (NHC) Update

According to the National Hurricane Center ( in Miami, Florida, as of 7 00 AM AST 1200 UTC), the center of Hurricane Delta was located by satellite images and surface  bservation inland over northeastern Mexico near latitude 21 1 North, longitude 87 4 West Delta is moving toward the northwest near 17 mph 28 km/h) A west northwestward to northwestward motion is expected over the next day or so

National Hurricane Centre (NHC) Update

According to the National Hurricane Center ( in Miami, Florida, As of 1100 AM EDT 1500 UTC), the center of Hurricane Delta, now a category 3 Hurricane, was located near Latitude 18 2 North an d Longitude 82 6 West Delta is moving toward the west northwest near 16 mph 26 km/h) A west northwestward to northwestward motion is expected over the next couple of days A slower northwestward to north northwest motion is forecast to begin by late Wednesday or Wednesday night On the forecast track, the center of Delta is expected to continue to pass southwest of the Cayman Islands through early this afternoon, and move over the northeastern portion of the Yucatan peninsula late tonight or early Wednesday.

Bridgetown, Barbados October 1st, 2020 (CDEMA) – The Cayman Islands has become the 19th Participating State of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), with official admission effective September 1, 2020. The final decision was made at the 5th Extraordinary Meeting of the Council of CDEMA on August 28, 2020 where the Ministers unanimously agreed to admit the Cayman Islands to membership of CDEMA.

National Hurricane Centre (NHC) Update

 According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, Florida, as of 4:00 PM (AST) on 02 September 2020, the center of Tropical Storm Nana was located near Latitude 17.0 North and Longitude 85.9 West. Nana is moving toward the West near 15 mph (24 km/h). A Westward or West-Southwestward motion is expected tonight and Thursday. On the forecast track, Nana will be moving near but North of the coast of Honduras this evening, and the center should make landfall on the coast of Belize tonight or early Thursday. Maximum sustained winds are near 60 mph (95 km/h) with higher gusts. While Nana has not strengthened during the past several hours, strengthening is expected before landfall, and Nana could become a hurricane by the time the centre reaches the coast of Belize. Tropical-storm winds extend outward up to 70 mils (110 Km) from the centre. The estimated minimum central pressure is 999 mb (29.50 inches).

  1. CDEMA Information Note #1 - Tropical Storm Laura as of 5:00PM (AST) on August 21st, 2020
  2. Barbados receives medical supplies from the Caribbean Development Bank
  3. French Navy Ship support delivery of PPEs to CDEMA Participating States
  4. Humanitarian Supplies donated to The Government Of The Bahamas through the Integrated Regional Logistics Hub from the World Health Organization/Jack Ma and The Government Of The United Arab Emirates
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