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Hurricane Beryl―the strongest hurricane in the history of the Atlantic in the month of June―formed on 30 June as a Category-4 hurricane and swept across the Caribbean, impacting multiple island nations. The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is leading coordinated efforts, supported by National Emergency Management Coordinators, for the response which commenced with initial rapid needs assessments on 02 July. The ETC is coordinating with its partners globally and on the ground to assess and respond to ICT needs, through CDEMA.
Highlights
• The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) continues to lead the coordinated efforts, supported by National Emergency Management Coordinators―to response to the impact of Hurricane Beryl―since 02 July.
• The inter-agency ICT coordinator, who arrived in St Vincent on 03 July, continues to engage and closely collaborate with CDEMA and the National Emergency Management Coordinators, in undertaking physical rapid ICT needs assessments to ascertain the status of telecommunications across the impacted islands.
• On 06 July, the inter-agency ICT coordinator set up the satellite-based starlink data connectivity device provided by CDEMA at the National Emergency Management Office (NEMO) in Kingstown, Saint Vincent.
• The activated International Telecommunication Union (ITU)-led Disaster Connectivity Map (DCM) is supporting responders with near real-time information on telecommunications connectivity status in Grenada, Jamaica and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Situation overview
The CDEMA is leading coordinated efforts, supported by National Emergency Management Coordinators, as well as the regional and international partners for the response which commenced with initial rapid needs assessments on 02 July.
As of 05 July, Hurricane Beryl had weakened to a Tropical Storm and no longer a threat to the CDEMA participating states. The latest threatened states of Jamaica and Belize also discontinued their National Hurricane Warning and Tropical Storm Warning, respectively.
Hurricane Beryl―the strongest hurricane in the history of the Atlantic in the month of June―formed on 30 June as a Category-4 hurricane and swept across the Caribbean, impacting 10 CDEMA-participating states of Barbados, the Cayman Islands, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), and Trinidad and Tobago.
Source link : https://reliefweb.int/report/jamaica/caribbean-hurricane-beryl-etc-situation-report-02-reporting-period-05072024-07072024
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Publish date : 2024-07-08 09:45:18
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