Bridgetown, Barbados, June 28th, 2022 – Potential Tropical Cyclone Two bypassed Participating States of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) with minimum impact to the countries.
The two states which were mainly under threat, Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada and its dependencies reported that heavy rainfall associated with the weather system resulted in power outages which were quickly restored, and street flooding, but recorded no reports of incidents.
At 11:00 pm on June 28, 2022, the centre of Potential Tropical Cyclone Two was located near 10.9oN latitude 62.8oW longitude which is 175 km to the west of the Trinidad, reducing the risk associated with tropical storm conditions.
This weather system was forecast to pass near or over portions of the southern Windward Islands on Tuesday night and move over the southern Caribbean Sea or the northern coast of Venezuela by Thursday.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ NEMO offices, said the country had only experienced gusty winds and intermediate rainfall while in Guyana and Suriname there was heavy rains but no reports of any major flooding. Grenada’s National Disaster Management Agency (NaDMA) issued an “all clear” on Wednesday morning, following an impact assessment conducted across the country.
“We are pleased to learn that the region was not significantly impacted. However, we always need to be vigilant especially at this time of the year given that predictions are for a very active hurricane season. We will continue to encourage citizens across the region to always be prepared and monitor reports coming out from their local meteorological offices”, said Executive Director, Elizabeth Riley.
In accordance with the Regional Coordination Plan, the CDEMA Coordinating Unit activated the Regional Coordination Centre (RCC) and convened two meetings of the Caribbean Development Partners Group (CDPG) to brief them on the status of the weather system.
CDEMA will continues to monitor the situation along with national disaster management offices of Participating States.
For further information, please contact:
Keith Goddard
Communication and Public Relations Specialist
CARIBBEAN DISASTER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (CDEMA)
Resilience Way, Lower Estate
St. Michael
BARBADOS
Tel #: (246) 434-4880
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