Tallahassee, Fla.– Today, the Florida Forest Service is deploying a Task Force from the Florida Panhandle and Big Bend regions to South Florida to assist with wildfire suppression efforts. Resources include 16 personnel, 2 tractor-plows, 2 heavy dozers, and 2 brush trucks. Currently, there are 46 fires burning 4,072 acres across Florida. Of those, 29 are south of the I-4 corridor and are burning 4,017 acres.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) says the heat stress conditions for reefs are predicted to be at bleaching levels in the Caribbean over the period September to December this year.
ROSEAU, Dominica– Dominica says it will soon sign a contract for geothermal development on the island.
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent –Scientists monitoring the La Soufriere volcano say several lahars were recorded on Tuesday even as seismic activity has remained low with only a few long-period, hybrid and volcano-tectonic earthquakes having been recorded in recent times.
CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is to launch a renewable energy initiative on Thursday next week.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change Pearnel Charles Jr. says Jamaica will begin testing its climate predictive system in June.
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Scientists monitoring the La Soufrière volcano said that white steam could be seen venting near-continuously from several locations on the crater floor, no dome is visible, although a spine could be seen through the clouds.
MIAMI —Earth Month may be over – but the work to keep our beaches and waterways clean and free of litter extends year-round, as we work to protect the health and safety of people, wildlife, and marine ecosystems.
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – One of the scientists monitoring the La Soufriere volcano said Monday that while there has been little seismic activity at the volcano in recent days, “we are not ready to say that the volcano has gone back to sleep as yet”.
RIDGETOWN, Barbados – Government says it is considering having ocean energy technology operational on the island as part of the Barbados National Energy Policy target of 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The JN Foundation has announced plans to host a two-day water summit aimed at promoting climate resilience.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) says the transition into the wet season is forecast to increase rainfall amounts in the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, Cuba and the Guianas.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua,– Prime Minister Gaston Browne says small island states are faced with the greatest threats due to climate change.
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