Situation Reports

Flooding in Guyana - CDEMA Situation Report #1 (as of 9:00 a.m., Friday, July 17, 2015)

Message: Severe flooding affects Coastal Regions of Guyana.

1. EVENT: The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) of Guyana has reported that heavy rainfall along Guyana’s coastal regions during the period of Wednesday July 15th and Thursday July 16th, 2015 has resulted in increase water levels in rivers and canals. Region #4 is experiencing flooding in most communities in central Georgetown, and some areas of the East Coast, and there are also some reports of flooding in Regions #2, #3, #5 and #6.

CDEMA Situation Report #1 - Tropical Storm Erika (as of 3:00 pm on August 27th, 2015)

Message: Dominica significantly impacted by Tropical Storm Erika. Regional response teams on standby for immediate deployment. Storm conditions are expected to continue over portions of the Leeward Islands, and reach the Virgin Islands later today.

EVENT:

Erika, the fifth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, formed on 24 August, 2015. At 2.00pm Tropical Storm warnings remained in effect for the following countries: Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat and St. Kitts and Nevis. Tropical Storm watches have been issued for the Southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has discontinued the Tropical Storm Warning for that country.

CDEMA Situation Report #2 - Tropical Storm Erika (as of 2:00 pm on August 28th, 2015)

Message: Search and Rescue continues and Damage Assessments commence in Dominica. Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect for Haiti, Southeastern and Central Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands. A Tropical Storm Watch remains in effect for Northwestern Bahamas.

EVENT:

Dominica, a CDEMA Participating State, has been severely affected by heavy rains as a result of the passage of Tropical Storm Erika on August 27, 2015. Several persons have been reported dead or missing and there has been major damage to infrastructure and utilities in many communities.

CDEMA Situation Report #3 - Tropical Storm Erika (as of 8:00 pm on August 29th, 2015)

Message: Damage assessment ongoing in Dominica. Response priorities continue to focus on search, rescue and recovery and getting relief supplies to victims.

EVENT:

Tropical Storm Erika became the fifth named storm of this year’s Atlantic Hurricane Season on August 24, 2015. Erika began impacting the CDEMA Participating States from Wednesday, August 26 and degenerated to a trough of low pressure on Saturday, August 29, 2015.

  1. CDEMA Situation Report #4 - Tropical Storm Erika (as of 1:00 am on August 30th, 2015)
  2. CDEMA Situation Report #5 - Tropical Storm Erika (as of 7:00 pm on August 30th, 2015)
  3. CDEMA Situation Report #6 - Tropical Storm Erika (as of 9:00 pm on August 31st, 2015)
  4. CDEMA Situation Report #7 - Tropical Storm Erika (as of 8:30 pm on September 1st, 2015)

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