According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, Florida, as of 5:00 PM (AST) on September 27, 2018, the center of Tropical Storm Kirk was located near latitude 14.2 North, longitude 60.2 West. On the forecast track, the center will move across the Lesser Antilles within the Tropical Storm Warning area this evening. Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph (85 km/h) with higher gusts.
Read more: CDEMA Information Note #2 - Tropical Storm Kirk as of 5:00PM (AST) on September 27, 2018
According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, Florida, as of 5:00 PM (AST) on September 26, 2018, the center of Tropical Storm Kirk was located near latitude 12.7 North, longitude 55.7 West. On the forecast track, the center will move over the Lesser Antilles within the Tropical Storm Warning area on Thursday afternoon.
Read more: CDEMA Information Note #1 - Tropical Storm Kirk as of 5:00PM (AST) on September 26, 2018
The Caribbean region is poised to benefit from increased humanitarian assistance following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and humanitarian service provider, Rescue Global (RG). The signing took place yesterday, September 19, 2018 at the CDEMA Coordinating Unit in St. Michael, Barbados.
Read more: The Caribbean region to benefit from increased humanitarian assistance
As Tropical Storm Isaac churns towards islands in the northern and western Caribbean, I would like, as the chairman of Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) to appeal to residents in the threatened Member States to take all necessary and serious precautions at this time.
Read more: Message from Hon. Vaden Delroy Williams, Chairman of CDEMA, on the approach of Tropical Storm Isaac
It can be argued that when CDERA (now CDEMA) was formed 27 years ago, terms such as climate change and global warming were mere abstractions to the average person in the Caribbean. Indeed, given that the majority of the Caribbean Islands and CDEMA’s 18 participating states are geographically located within the hurricane belt, the focus at the local and regional level was mainly, and somewhat narrowly, on the direct impact and effects of tropical weather systems in the Atlantic Hurricane Season between the months of June and November.
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