According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, Florida, as of 5:00 PM (AST) on August 25, 2019, the center of Tropical Storm Dorian was located near latitude 11.5 North, longitude 54.2 West. Dorian is moving toward the west near 14 mph (22 km/h). The estimated minimum central pressure 1003 mb. Maximum sustained winds are 50 mph (85 km/h) with higher gusts. Some strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles (55 km) from the centre.
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CDEMA is a supporter of the use of analytical research to inform our practices and firmly believes that using scientific methods can be useful to improve regional disaster preparedness capacity in the Caribbean. Following this, CDEMA has established a collaboration with researchers from HEC Montréal and Özyeğin University in Istanbul to develop innovative approaches to improve its current regional prepositioning network, considering logistical infrastructures and disaster risks.
Read more: CDEMA collaborates with researchers from HEC Montréal and Özyeğin University to improve regional...
Castries, Saint Lucia July 29th, 2019 (CDEMA) – Thirty-four representatives from 28 national agencies, departments of government, the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) sub committees and NGOs, met for the review of the national Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) legislation and the multi-hazard early warning systems regulations in Saint Lucia. The consultation was conducted from 18-28 June 2019 and facilitated by Ms. Vilette Benjamin, a legislative drafter from the Attorney General’s Chambers.
Read more: Strengthening the legal framework for Early Warning Systems in Saint Lucia
Information Officers from throughout the Public Service met at the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) for the past two days to undergo training in Crisis Communication.
The training was facilitated by Clive A. Murray, Communication and Education Specialist with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and Dr. Livingston A. White, Director of the Caribbean School of Media and Communication (CARIMAC) at The University of the West Indies Mona Campus in Jamaica.
Read more: Information officers receive Crisis Communication Training
Belize City, Wednesday, July 31st, 2019 (CRFM) - The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) to enhance comprehensive disaster management and climate change resilience in the fisheries and aquaculture sector within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
Read more: CRFM and CDEMA sign agreement to enhance disaster management and resilience in fisheries
Bridgetown, Barbados July 23rd, 2019 (CDEMA) – Twenty-five (25) representatives from across CDEMA’s 18 Participating States are benefiting from a Regional Tsunami Technical Training Workshop being held in Barbados from July 23 to 26, 2019. The workshop is an activity of a project where Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago are direct beneficiaries. However, all 18 member countries of CDEMA stand to benefit from the project’s outcome of an enhanced Regional Tsunami Hazard Plan.
Read more: Enhancing the Region’s Capacity for Tsunami Readiness
Bridgetown, Barbados, July 9th, 2019 (CDEMA) – Representatives from participating states of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and staff of the CDEMA Coordinating Unit are benefiting from an Information Management & Assessment Workshop being held in Barbados, July 8-10, 2019. The workshop, which is being implemented under the project “Strengthen integrated and cohesive preparedness capacity at a regional, national and community level in the Caribbean”, is being facilitated by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA).
Read more: The Region bolsters its capacity in information management & needs assessment as it continues to...
Bridgetown, Barbados, July 8th, 2019 (CDEMA) - CDEMA and the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today at CDEMA Headquarters ensuring cooperation on disaster risk management. The MoU, which was signed by Prime Minister of Sint Maarten, Honourable Leona Marlin-Romeo and Executive Director of CDEMA, Ronald Jackson, will apply to the islands of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the Netherlands including the public entities of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. The cooperation aims to limit the impacts of climate change by strengthening the conditions necessary for sustainable regional development.
Read more: CDEMA signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
