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On 29 th December 2020 the alert level for the La Soufrière volcano in St Vincent and the Grenadines was elevated to Orange because of increased activity at the site The volcano has had an effusive eruption, with visible gas and steam eruption The small crater lake is virtually gone, and a new volcanic dome has formed An Aerial reconnaissance conducted today Wednesday, December 30 indicates that there are no significant changes at the La Soufriere Volcano since Tuesday, December 29 th, 2020 Magma continues
to ooze to the surface and the dome has increased in size.

On 29 th December 2020 the alert level for the La Soufrière volcano in St Vincent and the Grenadines was elevated to Orange because of increased activity at the site The volcano has had an effusive eruption, with visible gas and steam eruption The small crater lake is virtually gone, and a new volcanic dome has formed An Aerial reconnaissance conducted today Wednesday, December 30 indicates that there are no significant changes at the La Soufriere Volcano since Tuesday, December 29 th, 2020 Magma continues
to ooze to the surface and the dome has increased in size.

Update

The alert level for the La Soufrière volcano in St Vincent and the Grenadines has been elevated to Orange because of increased activity at the site Monitoring systems, satellite imagery and visual observations have confirmed increased seismic and fumarolic activity, strong gas emissions, emergence of a satellite dome on the SE of the existing volcanic dome and changes to the crater lake An effusive eruption within the crater, with visible gas and steam, was also observed on 29 th December 2020.

Bridgetown, Barbados November 24th, 2020 – The Resilient Environment & Agricultural Caribbean Habitats (REACH) Project welcomes a new scientific partner. The Council for Agricultural Research and Economics of Italy (CREA) has joined the existing consortium and will be leading innovative research activities covering the nexus among disasters, agricultural crops and pest management.

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

  1. CDEMA Information Note #1 - Hurricane Delta as of 11:00AM (AST) on October 6th, 2020
  2. CDEMA welcomes the Cayman Islands as its 19th Participating State
  3. CDEMA Information Note #1 - Tropical Storm Nana as of 4:00PM (AST) on September 2nd, 2020
  4. CDEMA Situation Report #1 - Tropical Storm Laura as of 8:00PM (AST) on August 24th, 2020
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