Tropical Storm Isaac formed in the Atlantic on Tuesday and was heading directly towards the Eastern Caribbean at 17 mph.
Two tropical systems are headed toward the Caribbean, both with potential to develop into tropical cyclones.
An Emergency Operations Centre Management Workshop was held to prepare personnel for key roles in the event of a hurricane or another disastrous event.
A new tropical depression formed in the tropical Atlantic on Thursday, with a forecast track through the Caribbean on the heels of Hurricane Ernesto.
A tropical depression has formed in the tropical Atlantic east of the Windward Islands and is moving toward the west-northwest near 18 mph.
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA held its Ninth Annual Exhibition last week under the theme, “Building Disaster Resilient Communities through Mitigation and Preparedness.”
A recent report indicates that the Caribbean faces annual damages of $100 billion by 2050 from events triggered by a warming planet.
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, kicked off its National Disaster Preparedness Week worshipping at Ebenezer Methodist Church on Sunday, June 3, 2012.
Eighteen teams gathered in Harbour Island for the second leg of the 2012 Bahamas Billfish Championship, no one realizing, at the time, that the tournament…