Barbados - CDEMA

CARICOM/Brazil/FAO Disaster Risk Reduction Grant Announcement

The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Coordinating Unit is pleased to announce the offering of the CARICOM/Brazil/FAO Disaster Risk Reduction Grant.

At a Summit convened in Brazil in April 2010, leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil agreed to pursue greater cooperation in a number of areas, including Disaster Management and Civil Defence.

CDEMA Public Information Note – Tropical Storm Tomas - Outerbands impacting Jamaica and Haiti - (as of 5.00pm, November 4, 2010)

Message: The outer bands of Tropical Storm Tomas have begun to impact Jamaica and Haiti. Hurricane warnings are in effect for Bahamas and Turks and Caicos.
Situation:
At 5.00pm, November 4, 2010, the centre of the storm was located at latitude 16.6 north and longitude 76.0 west, which is about 110 miles south southeast of Kingston, Jamaica and 280 miles west south west of Port-au Prince Haiti. Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph and tropical storm winds extend outward up to 120 miles mainly to the east of the center.

Situation Report #4 Hurricane Tomas – Regional Response Teams on the Ground providing support to Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines (as of 5.00 pm, November 2, 2010)

Message: Regional Response Teams on the ground providing support to Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Event
Tomas impacted the CDEMA Participating States of Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Barbados, Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines between October 29 and 31, 2010 and caused significant losses and damage to Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Excessive rainfall and high winds have resulted in damage to the housing stock, agriculture sector, road infrastructure, downed power lines and disruption to the utilities sector.

CDEMA Public Information Note #1 –Tropical Storm Tomas (as of 5.00pm October 29, 2010)

Message: Tropical Storm Warnings in effect for Barbados, Grenada, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago. Dominica under Tropical Storm Watch.

The Situation:
Tropical Storm Tomas, the nineteenth named storm of the season formed this afternoon, October 29, 2010 southeast of the Windward Islands.

CDEMA Public Information Note - Severe Weather System shows signs of developing

Bridgetown, Barbados, October 29th, 2010 (CDEMA) - A strong tropical wave located about 225 miles southeast of Barbados at 2.00pm is forecasted to develop into a tropical storm within the next 48 hours. The system has the potential to be a dangerous storm for the islands of the eastern and central Caribbean.

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