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The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane season, forecast to be exceptionally active with up to 25 named storms due to La Niña conditions, is well underway. Two storms have already lashed Mexico, and Hurricane Beryl, now the earliest Category 5 storm ever recorded, battered Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and Grenada on 30 June. Beryl is set to bring heavy rains to Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, and later Mexico and northern Central America. Authorities in the Dominican Republic and Haiti have raised alert levels in southern departments likely to receive Beryl’s rains as well.
200K+ PEOPLE POTENTIALLY AFFECTED IN SVG AND GRENADA AFTER BERYL
90% OF UNION ISLAND (SVG) HOMES AFFECTED BY BERYL
2.5K PEOPLE EVACUATED IN GRENADA AFTER BERYL
25 HURRICANES FORECAST FOR 2024 SEASON
Hurricane Beryl
Humanitarian teams are awaiting the all-clear to deploy to affected areas after Beryl struck the Windward Islands as a Category 4 hurricane on 30 June – the strongest June hurricane in Atlantic history. Preliminary estimates cite 200,000 people in Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines as potentially affected. PAHO/WHO and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) report 1,032 evacuated people, mostly in 68 shelters, in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and 2,500 evacuated to 40 shelters in Grenada. Saint Vincent reports 1 death and 90 per cent of homes on Union Island affected, while Grenada reports 2 deaths.
The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is set to deploy Rapid Needs Assessment Teams (RNAT) to evaluate damage and identify needs. OCHA is on-site in Barbados supporting CDEMA and the UN Emergency Technical Team (UNETT) and is deploying teams to Belize and Jamaica once conditions allow to help with coordination, information management and resource mobilization.
Tropical Storm Alberto
Tropical Storm Alberto hit the state of Tamaulipas in Mexico on 20 June, causing four deaths and widespread damage across Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo and Veracruz. National Guard and Civil Protection authorities delivered emergency assistance in Nuevo León and Tamaulipas. In urban and rural areas of Nuevo León, including Monterrey and San Pedro, the National Guard also evacuated residents and cleared water and mud from homes.
Tropical Storm Chris
Tropical Storm Chris made landfall in Mexico on 30 June, causing heavy rainfall, river overflows, damaged homes, floods and landslides in the states of Veracruz, Chiapas, San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, and Morelos before dissipating. Veracruz’s Civil Protection set up 9 temporary shelters for 86 people. Nearly 2,000 homes were damaged In Huiloapan.
Source link : https://www.unocha.org/publications/report/grenada/latin-america-caribbean-2024-atlantic-hurricane-season-snapshot-1-2-july-2024
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Publish date : 2024-07-02 03:00:00
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