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National Office of Disaster Services (NODS) – The Met Office has decided not to upgrade the Tropical Cyclone Alert issued earlier today to a Tropical Storm Watch this afternoon. Monitoring will continue and the matter will be examined again closely early tomorrow, at which time, a watch may be required. The deferral of the Watch…

National Office of Disaster Services (NODS) – The Antigua and Barbuda Met Office has issued a Tropical Cyclone Alert for Antigua. This means that a tropical cyclone is entering the monitored area and watches or warnings may be required in the next 24 hours. The Met Office reports that it is likely that a tropical…

WHCA31 TAPATROPICAL STORM PHILIPPE ALERT STATEMENTANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES12:15 PM ECT WED SEP 27 2023 …Tropical Storm Philippe could impact portions of the Leeward islands and the British Virgin Islands… A Tropical Cyclone Alert is in effect for Antigua and Barbuda, the rest of the Leeward islands and the British Virgin Islands. A Tropical…

The Ministry of Health, Wellness, Social Transformation and the Environment in collaboration with the Central Board of Health. UNICEF and USAID launched an infection prevention campaign in Antigua and Barbuda on September 26, 2023 dubbed “GERM BUSTER” The campaign is focused on educating children and teachers on ways to prevent infection such as how to…

WHCA31 TAPATROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENTANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES7:10 PM ECT TUESDAY SEP 26 2023 …Tropical Storm Philippe could pass relatively close to the islands… …Tropical Disturbance AL91 to become a tropical cyclone and pass near the area… The Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services (ABMS) continues to follow the progress of Tropical Storm Philippe (fee-leep)…

National Hurricane Center (NHC) – Central Tropical Atlantic (AL91): Showers and thunderstorms are showing signs of organization in association with a broad area of low pressure located several hundred miles west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for development, and a tropical depression is expected to form in the…

WHCA31 TAPATROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENTANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES11:30 AM ECT MONDAY SEP 25 2023 …Tropical Storm Philippe to Resume a Path Away from the Islands… The Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services continues to follow the progress of Tropical Storm Philippe (fee-leep). Confidence remains relatively high that Tropical Storm Philippe is on a path that…

Antigua & Barbuda Customs & Excise Department – Several Officials from the Antigua & Barbuda Customs & Excise Department successfully participated in the International Atomic Energy Agency Radiation Workshop facilitated by Mr. Ronmccrea Cushine and Mr. Haile Dennis from Jamaica . The opening ceremony held on Tuesday 19 September allowed the participants to receive an…

WHCA31 TAPATROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENTANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES12:00 PM ECT SUNDAY SEP 24 2023 …Tropical Storm Philippe to steer clear of the islands… The Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services continues to follow the progress of tropical storm Philippe (fee-leep), the sixteenth named storm for the season and the seventeenth for the year. Confidence remains…