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SUMMARY

  • Tropical Storm Warning remains for Trinidad & Tobago, Grenada and its Dependencies
  • Tropical Storm Warning has been discontinued for Barbados and St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for Barbados
  • A Severe Weather Warning is still in effect for sections of Guyana
  • Flash Flood Watch remains in effect for four (4) Parishes in Jamaica
  • CDEMA and the United Nations convened Eastern Caribbean Development Partner Group – Disaster Management (ECDPG-DM) Meeting

Bridgetown, Barbados, 16th June, 2017- The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency wishes to inform National Disaster Management Offices (NDMOs) and relevant national agencies, responsible for CDM implementation that in keeping with Item 6.5.5 of the Practical Guidelines (January 2016) for the EU External Aid Contracts financed by the EU general budget and the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) the closing date for the Fifth (5th) Call for Proposals (CFP) for the Country Directed Fund is hereby extended to August 15, 2017 at 11:59 PM Atlantic Standard Time.

MESSAGE: Tropical Storm Warning Issued for Barbados, Grenada and its Dependencies and Trinidad & Tobago. A Severe Weather Warning has been issued for sections of Guyana and Flash Flood Watch in effect for four (4) Parishes in Jamaica

THE SITUATION:

The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) have been monitoring an area of interest east south-east of the southern Windward Islands over the past 72 hours.

Bridgetown, Barbados May 30, 2017 – 31 participants from the disciplined forces, including police, military and fire services are taking part in the annual CARICOM Disaster Relief Unit (CDRU) training, which is being held at the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Coordinating Unit and the Headquarters of the Regional Security System (RSS) in Barbados from May 29 – June 2, 2017.

The CDRU is a specialised humanitarian response team equipped to provide assistance to any of the eighteen CDEMA Participating States, affected by natural or technological hazard.

Georgetown, Guyana, May 19, 2017 (CDEMA) – In an effort to strengthen the resiliency of communities to disasters in the Caribbean, 25 representatives from 12 countries across the region are participating in a regional training workshop for integrating gender equality in disaster risk management programming for the agriculture sector. The workshop is being co-facilitated by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and is held on 17-19 May 2017 in Georgetown, Guyana.

 

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  3. Workshop - Learning from social and environmental histories to build resilient solutions for disaster risk reduction in the Caribbean – Monday 22 May, Cancun, Mexico.
  4. IAEA and CDEMA Sign Practical Arrangement to Enhance Cooperation in Preparedness and Response for Nuclear or Radiological Emergencies

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