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Twenty-one individuals from various organisations and the private and public sectors concluded a four-day training in Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) on Thursday at the Multi-purpose Cultural Centre. The training was hosted by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) under the UNDP EnGenDER Project funded by Global Affairs Canada, the UNDP Panama Regional Hub…

National Hurricane Center (NHC) – At 900 PM GMT (2100 UTC), the center of Hurricane Margot was located near latitude 27.0 North, longitude 39.8 West. Margot is moving toward the north near 12 mph (19 km/h), and this motion is expected to continue for the next several days. Satellite estimates indicate that the maximum sustained…

CABINET NOTES – The Cabinet invited the APUA Water Manager, the Chief Financial Officer of APUA and the Manager of the Electricity Department to address three (3) matters. The adequate supply of potable water: APUA produces a little more than 7 million gallons of water daily but demand exceeds 11 million gallons daily; making up that…

University of the West indies, Seismic Research Centre (UWI, SRC) – Automatic Earthquake Location DATE AND TIME:2023-09-10 07:34 am (Local Time)2023-09-10 11:34 (UTC) MAGNITUDE: 5.1 LOCATION:Latitude: 10.90NLongitude: 62.15WDepth: 32 km NEARBY CITIES:Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 75 km, NWArima, Trinidad and Tobago, 100 km, WNWSan Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, 105 km, NW*distance and direction…

Dale C. S. Destin – It is now August Lookout You Must be prepared for the hurricane season. We are in the heart of the Atlantic hurricane season and 268Weather has released its last updated forecast for the 2023 season. The forecast continues to call for this year’s hurricane season to be above normal with…

1. Eastern Tropical Atlantic (AL97): A small area of low pressure is currently located a few hundred miles to the southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. This system is currently producing a small but concentrated area of showers and thunderstorms, and earlier satellite-derived winds suggested a small circulation could exist. However, environmental conditions appear to…

CABINET NOTES – The Cabinet took note of the number of road accidents and fatalities that have occurred in the past weeks.  The nation recorded its sixth road fatality who was a police officer. He died on Sir Sydney Walling Highway.  The Cabinet urges all road users to exercise greater care, to slow down and to abide by the speed limits. Speed kills, the…

WOCA31 TAPA TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES 9:00 PM ECT THURSDAY SEP 07 2023 The Antigua and Barbuda meteorological services has discontinued the Tropical Cyclone Alert for Antigua and Barbuda, the rest of the Leeward Islands and the British Virgin Islands since Hurricane Lee has exited the monitored area. However, monitoring…