PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government Tuesday said that the efforts to refloat the vessel that overturned off the Coast of Cove in Tobago had been successfully completed late on Monday night.
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WASHINGTON, DC – The World Bank said Monday it has signed a US$10 million agreement with the Sint Maarten government that will be used to improve the water quality and quantity in the island.
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, saying that he has over 4,000 houses to repair or build, is pleading with contractors to apply for work with the government to repair buildings across St. Vincent and the Grenadines damaged by Hurricane Beryl in July.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Citizens in Jamaica whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Beryl, will on Monday, start recovering a grant from the government.
Port Of Spain, Trinidad – Trinidad And Tobago Authorities Friday Said That Efforts To Re-Float The Overturned Vessel Off The Coast Of Cove In Tobago Have Recently Delayed Due To Adverse Weather Alerts And Threats Associated With Then Tropical Storm Ernesto Which Have Resulted In Rough Seas.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Tropical Storm Ernesto, which is expected to become a hurricane by Wednesday, is gaining strength as it passes just south of St. Kitts-Nevis on Tuesday, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) has said.
Tortola, British Virgin Islands – The Government Of The British Virgin Islands Has Pledged Us$400,000 To Assist St Vincent And The Grenadines And Grenada Following The Impact Of Hurricane Beryl.
HAMILTON, Bermuda - Restoration work is now underway as Hurricane Ernesto drifts farther away from the island and a Hurricane Warning has been replaced by a Tropical Storm Warning.
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – The Ministry of Infrastructure on Thursday launched an EC$7 million (One Ec dollar=US$0.37 cents) project on the islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique aimed at cleaning up and getting rid of debris caused or created by Hurricane Beryl which ravaged the housing stock and the environment of these islets when it battered the southern Caribbean on July 01.
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Caribbean countries are awaiting a response from the United Kingdom government to their request that London back a “Marshall plan” to rebuild their devastated countries following the passage of Hurricane Beryl on July 1.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana has signed an investment agreement that will result in the construction of a GUY$214 million (One Guyana dollar=US$0.004 cents) state-of-the-art waste treatment plant.
BELMOPAN, Belize - Hurricane Beryl, which broke the record as the earliest major hurricane on record to form in the Atlantic in July, woke the region up to a stark reality: In the current environment created by accelerated climate change, strong hurricanes can rapidly form very early in the season, displacing entire communities and devastating the livelihoods of thousands in the blink of a hurricane’s eye.
Hurricanes are powerful forces of nature that can become extremely destructive events. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), hurricanes start by sucking heat from tropical waters. They form over the Atlantic ocean then move through tropical waters picking up more heat which creates low pressure underneath causing air to rush into it. The rising air cools resulting in clouds and thunderstorms. All of this movement creates wind that can reach calamitous speeds.
